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. Stefan Blom 352.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2015-08-10T19:07:17+00:00

    The link is now fixed (it was a simple case of a period inadvertently being included in the hyperlink address).

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-08-10T18:50:03+00:00

    The link in your message is not working. There was an answer to getting a text boundary around the entire sheet. Go to File, options, advance, scroll compatibility options, choose layout this document in Microsoft Word 2003. It works. Please fix your link. Thanks, Leslie

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  3. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2015-08-10T12:25:56+00:00

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  4. Charles Kenyon 170.8K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2015-06-11T17:09:55+00:00

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    Anyway, the point of my reply is to offer a seemingly workable workaround.  It is unrealistic to expect users to continue to use a template based on an earlier version (as others have suggested), so I wouldn't consider that a long term solution.  Instead, since by default Word does not print background document colors, you can simply add a white document border and change the background slightly so that you can see it while creating your document.  The white border will not print on most printers (some may have settings that will print it as a grey line, unfortunately, so you will want to test it).

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    Using a template is a workaround, not a solution.

    I have added a template with the background and border characteristics. I do not know what adding a white page border to the normal template would do to envelopes and labels. Neither template should be used to substitute for the normal template. Using other methods, either could be made the template that is used to create a new document in Word ,though. See Letterhead AddIn(s) - Default New Document for instructions on how to have a template other than the normal template automatically be the basis for new documents.

    These templates can be found in the templates section of my downloads page.

    Downloads - Microsoft Word - Add-Ins - Tutorials - Letterhead - Templates

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