White Gridlines in MS Excel

Hello
One of our PowerrBook G4 Computer has a small problem.
In Excel all the gridlines are white. When I go to the settings, the color of the grid is set to automatic (Automactic is black). When I switch to the black, the grid is availible.
I need to switch the grid color from automatic to black for every new file. How can I solve this problem? I am sure it has something to do with some settings file of Microsoft but I have no Idea which while is responsible for this error.
Do someone has a solution?
Regards
Gérard

Perhaps you should try resetting Excel's preferences. Close all Microsoft Office applications.
Go to your Home Folder (the one with your name), then Library, then Preferences, then Microsoft:
Delete the file 'com.microsoft.Excel.prefs.plist' (a new one will be created next time you open Excel).
Open Excel again and reset your preferences: both the Excel Preferences as well as the toolbar preferences.
This should cure the problem.

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