How to display margins in Word 2013

There really are not that may features in 2013 I would put in the "abomination" category :) (Word 2003 was my favorite version also) and I know people who took to the Ribbon like ducks to water. As much as I hated it when it first showed up, my wife loved it.

But what I have also found when neighbors look to me for help, especially upgrading older XP platforms with older versions of Word, is that they prefer the more used-to interface of options like LibreOffice. 

Ah well.

I sympathize. I'm actually still using Word 2003 for production work, though I don't mind using Word 2010 when I have to (it has a lot of features I quite like and often wish I had in in 2003). Word 2007 was half-baked, and Word 2013 is an abomination on many fronts.

The "layout engine" was totally revamped for Word 2013. The change in text boundaries was an unintended (indeed, unforeseen) consequence.

Thanks. The injury to the feature being an accident makes far more sense than the almost 20 year old feature being an accident.

Problem is, it appears to be getting worse. In 2013, one could get the 20-year old text boundary feature by the simple expedient of saving the document in compatibility mode. At least in the current preview build, that is no longer possible in 2016.

I've been a Office customizer since I was brought into the MS world because my company went to Windows 95 and Office. First thing I did was rewrite my large collection of WordPerfect Macros into Word's language and have expanded on personal features ever since, even customizing the Ribbon to add the most frequently used ones. This destruction of the Word feature I use most, coupled with the Outlook "Could not complete the operation because the service provider does not support it" inability to handle Google Apps accounts along with imap ones has me, for the first time, seriously contemplating a change.

The "layout engine" was totally revamped for Word 2013. The change in text boundaries was an unintended (indeed, unforeseen) consequence.

I tend to agree it was an accident, or oversight.  It is hard to believe the programming for Office 2013 was totally new.  A few tweaks but 2007 and 2010 are not much different than 2013.

It is not unusual for programmers and engineers to not use a word processor.  They really have little use for Word, or most other MS Office Products.

We are really lucky they work as well as they do.  Wish they would listen at least to this "error in judgement" and fix text boundaries.

If enough ask, there is hope.  The wheel that squeaks the most, gets grease!  KEEP SQUEAKING!!!!!