# Format Gridlines

To enhance the readability and clarity of a view, you can specify different patterns and colors for the gridlines. You can change gridlines that appear only once in a view (such as the horizontal line that divides column headings from fields) and gridlines that appear repeatedly (such as the lines that divide a sheet view into rows). The view you’re using will determine the gridline options you can change.

To format gridlines

1. On the View Bar, click any view except the PERT Chart, Task PERT, or a form view.
   To select a view that doesn’t appear on the View Bar, click More Views , click the view you want in the Views list, and then click Apply.
2. On the Format menu, click Gridlines.
3. In the Line to change list, click the type of gridline you want to change.
4. In the Type box under Normal, click the line pattern you want to use.
   If you don’t want a gridline for the selected line type, click the blank option in the Type box.
5. In the Color box under Normal, click the line color you want to use.
6. If the gridline appears repeatedly and you want contrasting gridlines at specified intervals, click an interval, line type, and line color under At interval.
   To skip a gridline at certain intervals, click the blank option in the Type box under At interval.

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