You can hide the rows and columns that you are not using. Imagine you
are using columns A to F - highlight column G by clicking the "G" at
the top of the column, then hold the <Shift> key down and press <End>
once followed by <Right-arrow> then release <Shift>. This will have
highlighted all the columns from G to IV, then select Format | Columns
| Hide.
Do a similar thing for the rows - if you make use of 30 rows, for
example, highlight all the rows from 31 to the bottom and hide them.
You will have a grey area outside your used range.
Hope this helps.
Pete
> In Excel 2003, how can I set the view to show only the cells with data in
> them and the rest of the spreadsheet be hidden or just show a blank area with
> no cells showing?
S Thomas - 18 Sep 2006 16:26 GMT
That did the trick. I was already trying to do that but was trying the Ctrl
key instead of the shift key. Thank you!

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S Thomas
Pete_UK - 18 Sep 2006 16:56 GMT
You're welcome - thanks for feeding back.
Pete
> That did the trick. I was already trying to do that but was trying the Ctrl
> key instead of the shift key. Thank you!