Changing default on gridlines to print

[The Phantom]

I seem to have the opposite desire for many people: I would like to change my
default so that gridlines in my tables print automatically. (I am using a
survey-generating program that exports to Word.) Is this possible?

Thanks,

The Phantom

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Gridlines are meant to be seen only on the screen. If you want to print
lines around your table cells, you need to select the table and apply
borders (Format | Borders and Shading | Borders tab | <select a border
style>). If you have Word 2002 or 2003, you can modify the Table Grid
style to have the desired border style, so that new tables will
automatically be formatted with borders.