Writer Gridlines don't show

I have the latest version of Writer installed but selecting the Display Grid or Snap to Grid button doesn’t do anything, is there another setting I need to activate first?

try to set another resolution of the grid:
Tools → Option → LibreOffice/Writer → grid

Thanks for the hint Craig22. I made the horizontal and vertical resolution smaller and that helps make the grid more visible because there are more dots!

I’m a new LO user and find that the grid turns on but is so faint I couldn’t see it at first. So I changed the default color to Black. I tried some others (like Red) but they didn’t really help.

Tools>Options>LibreOffice>Application Colors>Text Document>Grid. The pull-down has the colors you can use.

I’m just guessing about this being your problem…

– Larry

I found the same issue when opening up documents created in OpenOffice. None of the other solutions helped, so I saved document into a CSV, opened it up if Libre, and problem solved. Not the best workaround, but it solved the problem, perhaps the issue is the was OpenOffice saves files…

Same problem but I solved!
first
Tools > Options > LibreOffice > Appearance.
then in “custom colors” scroll till “text document” > Grid I choose a vivid color like “purple” (only to see better).
second
Tools > Options > LibreOffice writer > grid > select “visible grid”, resolution to 0,30 cm (both horizontal and vertical), subdivision 3.

OK

Thank you, very helpful and did the trick for me.