Let's be perfectly clear about this: Does the Table menu display "Show
Gridlines" or "Hide Gridlines"? If it is the latter, then that is the
command that is currently available, and you need to click on it. If the
former, then the gridlines are in fact hidden. If you are in Print Layout
view and have text boundaries displayed (Tools | Options | View) then you
will see table cell boundaries even if the gridlines are hidden.

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"chc" wrote in message
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I am using word 2003 (just updeated to latest version) to create table.
The
gridlines are displayed even though the hide girdlines option is selected.
However, after print preview the gridlines disappear.
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chc