Working in Microsoft Excel 2013 without gridlines can make sense for some projects. However, if someone sent you a file and you need gridlines to make sense of everything, you can re-enable gridlines through the Ribbon toolbar. Alternatively, if the file you look at on your computer has gridlines and the printed file doesn't, you'll need to re-enable the ability to print the file with gridlines through the Page Layout menu on the Ribbon toolbar.
Show Gridlines
Step 1
Click to select the workbook you want to display gridlines within in the lower left corner of the screen. Alternatively, if you want to activate gridlines in multiple workbooks, hold down the "Shift" button and select the workbooks in which you want to display gridlines.
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Step 2
Select the "View" tab on the Ribbon toolbar.
Step 3
Click to place a check mark next to Gridlines in the radio box in the Show section. Gridlines will be activated in the selected workbooks.
Print With Gridlines
Step 1
Select the workbooks you want to make sure get printed with the gridlines displayed.
Step 2
Select "Page Layout" on the Ribbon toolbar.
Step 3
Click to place a check mark next to "Print" in the radio box in the Sheet Options section. Gridlines will now appear on documents printed from these workbooks.