Thin grid lines in PDF export

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Thin grid lines in PDF export

I am using the current version of Numbers (3.2).

The problem I am facing is that it seems to be impossible to export a spreadsheet with invisible grid lines to a PDF. Every time I do so, thin (I guess 1px) grid lines appear in the PDF where the should be none. I attached two images of a simple test sheet: The first picture is Numbers, the second is the resulting PDF export.

Any ideas how to fix this?

Thanks!

MACBOOK PRO (RETINA, 15-INCH,EARLY 2013), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)

Posted on May 3, 2014 5:45 AM

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Answer 1

May 3, 2014 6:31 AM in response to nachdenki

1) select the table, then

2) use the cell formatter to set the border type to none

3) apply the border all inside edges

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Answer 2

nachdenki Author

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May 3, 2014 6:35 AM in response to Wayne Contello

Thanks for the response Wayne. Unfortunately, that is exactly what I have been doing - the grid lines still appear when the spreadsheet is exported to PDF.

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Answer 3

May 3, 2014 6:41 AM in response to nachdenki

OK. The way I can get it tow work as you want is to set the color of the inside boards to the same color as the back ground.

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Answer 4

nachdenki Author

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May 3, 2014 6:42 AM in response to Wayne Contello

True, that works, thank you very much. Kind of annoying since my table is rather large with different cell fills, but if its the only way right now I guess I will do it that way... :-)

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Answer 5

Yellowbox

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May 3, 2014 7:06 AM in response to nachdenki

Hi nachdenki,

my table is rather large with different cell fills

Consider using an input table, a number-crunching table and a presentation (results) table. Each table can be on a different sheet if you like. The presentation table need not be large: just your summary. Then it is easier to format cell borders and cell fills.

Just a suggestion...

Regards,

Ian.

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