How to display margins in Word 2013

Anonymous
2013-01-31T16:21:55+00:00

I just upgraded from Word 2007 to Word 2013.  In the 2007 version, I could display the margins but I haven't been able to find how to do that in Word 2013.  Does anyone know?  Clicking on "show text boundaries" seems to put a lot of lines in the document only.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-08-22T04:17:34+00:00

    In Office 2013 the item is under File, Opetions Advanced as is called "Text Boundaries".

    As I recall, the term has been always "Text Boundareis".  While it did show "margins", the margins were also the boundareis for test for that document.

    The work around for mailing labels is a bit bogus!  Using "borders and shading" to show where the label boundaries are, only to need to remove them prior to printing is far too many steps.

    The same is true with envelopes.  Try teaching envelopes when there is no "shown" receipient box to place the receipients address or address block!  Students have a hard time finding that "box" without "text boundaries"!

    OH TO HAVE TEXT BOUNDARIES BACK AGAIN!

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  2. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2015-08-22T02:56:34+00:00

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-08-22T01:25:19+00:00

    Why is everyone else being so dense about this question? We want to display the margins, not the text boundary, not the ruler, which are both very easy to find. Removing this feature, or making it hard to find, would be a major blunder by MS. They couldn't say more loudly that they do not care about their product or their customer. Whoever is responsible for that decision, or for letting it stand, should be working in a kitchen somewhere, scrubbing pots.

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  4. Stefan Blom 351.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2015-08-10T19:15:27+00:00

    Good idea! I have voted.

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