How to Change the Gridlines in Word on a Mac. Microsoft Office Word software for Mac computers automatically adds borders and gridlines every time you create a table in documents.

How to Remove a Grid in Word. Gridlines overlay a visible, non-printable grid on your Word document to help you align text, shapes and pictures. This gives you precise control when constructing ...

This overrides the default grid, allowing you to precisely position the dragged image. If you try this in Word 2008, though, you’ll find that this trick doesn’t work—or maybe it does.