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daryz - 27 Sep 2006 21:34 GMT

I have a PowerPoint presentation that has a linked Excel file. The
gridlines show in the PowerPoint presentation and in the Excel file.
Is there any way to have the gridlines not show in the PowerPoint
presentation while still having them show in the Excel file?

I know I can change the Excel file to not show the gridlines but I need
the gridlines in the Excel file and not in the presentation while still
maintining a linked document.

Thanks.

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Steve Rindsberg - 27 Sep 2006 23:29 GMT

> I have a PowerPoint presentation that has a linked Excel file. The
> gridlines show in the PowerPoint presentation and in the Excel file.
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> the gridlines in the Excel file and not in the presentation while still
> maintining a linked document.

I don't think so. The PPT file just shows you a picture of what the Excel file
looked like at the last update. If that includes gridlines, gridlines is what
you get.

You could conceivably put your data in one Excel file with grids visible, link
from there to another identical Excel file with grids off and from there to
PPT. That'd slow updates down some, but not too terribly much unless there are
lots and lots of these things.

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John Wilson - 28 Sep 2006 09:57 GMT

Try this

Select the worksheet. View >toolbars >picture.
Choose recolor and change the color that the grid currently is to = background

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> I have a PowerPoint presentation that has a linked Excel file. The
> gridlines show in the PowerPoint presentation and in the Excel file.
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> Thanks.

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