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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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Add my grain of sand to the "swell". I really don't like the boxes around every paragraph.
Thanks for your comment.
500 comments, or 5,000 or more will mean little if there is NO DESIRE on the part of the Word Team to make an effort to bring it back.
Users do not care about "code", programming language, etc. We just know what works, and it is the Word Team's responsibility to make it work for customers!
Similar is the Calendar Wizard! The best calendar there is, and they left it out in 2013! Been there for years! Finally found the work around to get it, but why not in the calendar templates again! IT WORKED!
You definitely need to prepare for the worst, as the word we've gotten from the Word teams seems to be that the "classic" text boundaries were an accident and a mistake and will not be restored. Unless a real groundswell of grass-roots demand can be demonstrated, I don't think we'll get them back, as this would require new code to get around the deficiency of the new layout engine.
I totally agree about the icons--not just ugly but also unfamiliar, adding another layer of frustration. Apparently the design team thought they were creating a "clean," "modern" look. Ugh.
The Text Boundary problem is another indication of Microsoft falling apart. It is only a symptom, but Office 2010 had beautiful icons yet in Office 2013 they are crude and ugly. Microsft stockmarket valuation went up $20 billiion when it was announced Ballmer would leave. Let's hope things will get better in future.
Julian Nott Santa Barbara CA