When I tick the show gridlines box they still don't show why?
I have to assume you're using Word 2003 or earlier, and that you mean
the drawing grid controlled through the Grid dialog on the Draw menu
of the Drawing toolbar. If so, do you mean that you check the box for
"Display gridlines on screen" and nothing appears?
Try changing the zoom setting or the grid spacing. That may have an
effect, although I haven't found any combination of those settings
that makes the grid *not* appear when it's turned on.