The Third grid item "blank1" should row span and cover both row 1 and row 2 of column 3, but it is not working in IE 11. It is only covering the first row. 

Here is a link to the file online. Look at it in Firefox and it will show what it is suppose to look like. IE 11 need fixing.

```css
.wrapper {
    display: -ms-grid;
    display: grid;
    -ms-grid-columns: 300px 300px 300px;
    grid-template-columns: 300px 300px 300px;
    -ms-grid-rows: 200px 200px 200px 200px;
    grid-template-rows: 200px 200px 200px 200px;
    background-color: #fff;
}
.wrapper > *:nth-child(1) {
    -ms-grid-row: 1;
    -ms-grid-column: 1;
}    
.wrapper > *:nth-child(2) {
    -ms-grid-row: 1;
    -ms-grid-column: 2;
}    
.wrapper > *:nth-child(3) {
    -ms-grid-row: 1;
    -ms-grid-column: 3;
}    
.wrapper > *:nth-child(4) {
    -ms-grid-row: 2;
    -ms-grid-column: 1;
}    
.wrapper > *:nth-child(5) {
    -ms-grid-row: 2;
    -ms-grid-column: 2;
}    
.wrapper > *:nth-child(6) {
    -ms-grid-row: 2;
    -ms-grid-column: 3;
}    
.wrapper > *:nth-child(7) {
    -ms-grid-row: 3;
    -ms-grid-column: 1;
}    
.wrapper > *:nth-child(8) {
    -ms-grid-row: 3;
    -ms-grid-column: 2;
}    
.wrapper > *:nth-child(9) {
    -ms-grid-row: 3;
    -ms-grid-column: 3;
}    
.wrapper > *:nth-child(10) {
    -ms-grid-row: 4;
    -ms-grid-column: 1;
}   
.wrapper > *:nth-child(11) {
    -ms-grid-row: 4;
    -ms-grid-column: 2;
}    
.wrapper > *:nth-child(12) {
    -ms-grid-row: 4;
    -ms-grid-column: 3;
}
.box {
        background-color: #444;
        color: #fff;
        border-radius: 5px;
        padding: 20px;
        font-size: 150%;
}
.print {
    -ms-grid-column: 1;
    grid-column-start: 1;
    -ms-grid-column-span: 1;
    grid-column-end: 2;
    -ms-grid-row: 1;
    grid-row-start: 1;
    -ms-grid-row-span: 1;
    grid-row-end: 2;
    background-color:white;
}
.ad {
    -ms-grid-column: 2;
    grid-column-start: 2;
    -ms-grid-column-span: 1;
    grid-column-end: 3;
    -ms-grid-row: 1;
    grid-row-start: 1;
    -ms-grid-row-span: 1;
    grid-row-end: 2;
    background-color:234;        
}
.blank1 {
    -ms-grid-column: 3;
    grid-column-start: 3;
    -ms-grid-column-span: 1;
    grid-column-end: 4;
    -ms-grid-row: 1;
    grid-row-start: 1;
    -ms-grid-row-span: 2;
    grid-row-end: 3;
    background-color:678;        
}
.search {
    -ms-grid-column: 1;
    grid-column-start: 1;
    -ms-grid-column-span: 1;
    grid-column-end: 2;
    -ms-grid-row: 2;
    grid-row-start: 2;
    -ms-grid-row-span: 1;
    grid-row-end: 3;
    background-color:white;        
}
.logo {
    -ms-grid-column: 2;
    grid-column-start: 2;
    -ms-grid-column-span: 1;
    grid-column-end: 3;
    -ms-grid-row: 2;
    grid-row-start: 2;
    -ms-grid-row-span: 1;
    grid-row-end: 3;
    background-color:678;        
}
.menu {
    -ms-grid-column: 1;
    grid-column-start: 1;
    -ms-grid-column-span: 1;
    grid-column-end: 2;
    -ms-grid-row: 3;
    grid-row-start: 3;
    -ms-grid-row-span: 1;
    grid-row-end: 4;
    background-color:789;        
}
.content {
    -ms-grid-column: 2;
    grid-column-start: 2;
    -ms-grid-column-span: 1;
    grid-column-end: 3;
    -ms-grid-row: 3;
    grid-row-start: 3;
    -ms-grid-row-span: 1;
    grid-row-end: 4;
    background-color:567;
}
.rightside {
    -ms-grid-column: 3;
    grid-column-start: 3;
    -ms-grid-column-span: 1;
    grid-column-end: 4;
    -ms-grid-row: 3;
    grid-row-start: 3;
    -ms-grid-row-span: 2;
    grid-row-end: 5;
    background-color:orange;
}
.blank2 {
    -ms-grid-column: 1;
    grid-column-start: 1;
    -ms-grid-column-span: 1;
    grid-column-end: 2;
    -ms-grid-row: 4;
    grid-row-start: 4;
    -ms-grid-row-span: 1;
    grid-row-end: 5;
    background-color:red;
}
.footer {
    -ms-grid-column: 2;
    grid-column-start: 2;
    -ms-grid-column-span: 1;
    grid-column-end: 3;
    -ms-grid-row: 4;
    grid-row-start: 4;
    -ms-grid-row-span: 1;
    grid-row-end: 5;
    background-color:289;
}
```

```html
<div class="wrapper">
    <div class="box print">print</div>
    <div class="box ad">ad</div>
    <div class="box blank1">blank1</div>
    <div class="box search">search</div>
    <div class="box logo">logo</div>
    <div class="box menu">menu</div>
    <div class="box content">content</div>
    <div class="box rightside">right side</div>
    <div class="box blank2">blank2</div>
    <div class="box footer">footer</div>
</div>
```

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