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. Stefan Blom 351.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2017-11-24T23:12:31+00:00

    Indeed, workarounds have limitations. For now, all we can do is post in the Uservoice forum and/or vote for existing suggestions.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-11-24T22:19:24+00:00

    Yes Stefan, that will work. But at the expense of disabling all new 2013 and 2016 features.

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  3. Stefan Blom 351.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2017-11-24T20:48:53+00:00

    There is a trick to enable the "classic" style for text boundaries in Word 2013 and 2016: You can set compatibility to Word 2010.

    Here's how to do it: Make sure the document that you want to change is the active document in Word. Press Alt+F11 to display the Visual Basic Editor. Press Ctrl+G to activate the Immediate window. Type

    ActiveDocument.SetCompatibilityMode wdWord2010

    and press Enter. Close the Visual Basic Editor and click File | Options. In the Advanced category, scroll down to the bottom where you will now see the list of layout/compatibility options. For "Lay out this document as if created in," select Word 2010. Click OK to close the dialog box and then save the document.

    Everything, including text boundaries, will work the way it did in Word 2010.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-11-24T19:30:53+00:00

    I agree.  The thread has run its course.

    Not many were aware of how usefule the "show margins" were.  That is too bad as I used them all the time.

    The best I have come across are "crop marks" - at least I can see some of the sides and top and bottom, but nothing like the best way.

    I have enjoyed the conversations - Maybe someone at MS will figure out a way for the next version.

    Thanks

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  5. Anonymous
    2013-05-13T20:10:54+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.

    Show text boundaries is there, however, you must got to File, Save, and Save All Files in This Format, and select 97-2003 format.

    The bad news - the cursor does not show at the left margin.

    The good news - text boundaries are like they have been for years!  The other good news, Word Art is like is was prior to Office 2007!

    Sure would be nice if MS got this right!  This is a mess without a cursor at the left margin!

    Good luck.

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