How to expand text boundaries in Word 2013?

Anonymous
2012-11-30T16:32:09+00:00

Hello everyone!,

I was convinced by someone here to install office 2013, so I tried it today. But the first issue i meet is the "text boundaries".

In office 2010 and previous versions. When I open a blank page, I can see the text boundary is around page (reach the margin that I set up manually.)

But in Word 2013, the text boundary is only around the first line. and it expand continuously as I type (line by line).

So, what I can do to make the default boundary display like in previous Office versions?

...

oh yea, I got another problem, LOL,

I am trying to save the picture and upload, but when i click Save as in Paint, Snipping tool.. the app immediately crash LOL :))

Okay, I will add photo later (in case you are not fully understand my expression).

anyway, although my english is not really well, please help me. :)

Thanks so much !

Thinh

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For home | Windows

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Suzanne S Barnhill 279.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2012-12-01T14:13:25+00:00

Unfortunately, that is the default view of text boundaries in Word 2013 (and cannot be changed AFAIK), which is one reason I will not be using Word 2013, as I refuse to either deal with that display or try to operate without text boundaries displayed. This is another instance of Word designers not understanding how people in the real world use Word.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-03-18T02:21:55+00:00

    I have same trouble with Text Boundaries...

    Crop Mark Really helpful..

    thank :D

    but .. I turn off Crop Mark after found this solution :) ▼

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    Solution to bring back old text boundaries is :

    replace normal.dotm in "C:\Users"your Username"\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates" with normal.dotm what I got from office 2010

    *backup with rename your original normal.dotm

    ###download normal.dotm from office 2010 HERE

    Hope this will help.. :)

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-09-24T02:00:09+00:00

    Dear all,

    Finally I found another way that should solve 99% of this trouble.

    Just install the Kutools extension, you can download here: http://www.extendoffice.com/product/kutools-for-word.html

    After installation, then open Word 2013, click on Enterprise tab, in View menu, click on Display Option, you will see the check box of "Show text boundaries", tick that box and the old boundaries like in earlier Word versions should display.

    The remaining issue (1%) that i'm facing is this is an enterprise version of Kutools, and there is no way for me to purshase one, LOL :))

    anyway, after over 6 months using crop mark instead, I realized that the text boundaries is not really big problem haha:))

    Thanks and best wishes from Viet Nam. :)

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-09-08T18:03:25+00:00

    I agree completely.  Looking at text boundaries is very distracting.  I want visible margins like were available in earlier versions of Word.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-07-25T04:37:00+00:00

    I wonder whether you remember or not, the reply from Word developer when I asked him that the Option to view the text boundary having been altered like a paragraph boundary instead of page boundary in Word 2013?

    If you do not mind, can you please reiterate his unsatisfied reply on this issue?

    Mr. Jay Freedman (Word MVP) who was also attended the session reported as follows :-

    I do not remember exactly the answer from the Word developer we spoke to. What I do remember is that he was not sure about why the text border’s behavior changed, but he thought it was related to using the new layout engine. He also said something about the older versions combining the boundaries around multiple paragraphs into one boundary, but I don’t think that’s correct—that would not explain why the old boundary went all the way down to the footer when there are very few lines of text at the top of the page.

    Regards,

    Harry Ikuta

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