Putting worksheets on a grid?

[ShirleyP]

Hi,

I have a client who wants several Excel worksheets put on
a grid. What she showed me "from the old days" looked like
graph paper, with about 1/4" squares that printed all the
way to the edges of the legal-sized paper. Then there were
rows of numbers in many of the squares across the top and
bottom of the paper, with names down the side. I have no
idea how to "transfer" worksheet info to such a grid or
how it is created. Have asked a couple of other Excel user
and they don't know either. Has anyone else done this?!

 

[Mark Graesser]

Shirley
If the squares go all the way to the edge of the paper, either it was printed on a marginless printer, or more likely, the paper had the grid before it was printed on. Someone probably created the spread sheet without any borders and played with the cell sizes to make it fit the paper's grid

Good Luck
Mark Graesse
(e-mail address removed)

----- ShirleyP wrote: ----

Hi

I have a client who wants several Excel worksheets put on
a grid. What she showed me "from the old days" looked like
graph paper, with about 1/4" squares that printed all the
way to the edges of the legal-sized paper. Then there were
rows of numbers in many of the squares across the top and
bottom of the paper, with names down the side. I have no
idea how to "transfer" worksheet info to such a grid or
how it is created. Have asked a couple of other Excel user
and they don't know either. Has anyone else done this?

 

[Shirley Parker]

Hah! I've been beating my brains out and some creative
person had paper that already had the squares on it!!! As
in the days of graph paper where people typed information
across it. I could certainly turn off the cell borders in
Excel, hopefully without having to try too many different
column widths and row heights, due to the time factor.

Now to stalk that copier paper...or find some long graph
paper to photocopy. Thanks, Mark! Now I don't feel so
stupid. Perhaps there are marginless printers, too, but
I've never seen one in action. Suppose they cost an arm
and a leg.

-----Original Message-----
Shirley,
If the squares go all the way to the edge of the paper,

either it was printed on a marginless printer, or more
likely, the paper had the grid before it was printed on.
Someone probably created the spread sheet without any
borders and played with the cell sizes to make it fit the
paper's grid.