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
    2015-05-14T07:40:37+00:00

    In fact, I find that Show Text Boundaries do not even show you the page boundaries.  It shows you the top, left and right, however, if you have, say a section break, at the bottom, it will end there, not at your PAGE boundaries.  For instance, my Margins are all 1", and i have a section next page break at 6", and the Show Text Boundaries stop there.  That still is not my page margin.  Very frustrating feature, and all those lines make my eyes go wonky!

    Do they ever do any type of updates to fix these things, or will I have to upgrade?  

    Good Luck, All.  I'm still looking for a way!

    For Page boundaries:

    Page Setup | Layout | - change to 'Continuous' - for some bizarre reason it is set to 'New Page'

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  2. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2015-04-29T15:08:42+00:00

    But it is only in Word 2013/365 that text boundaries don't function as desired, and that version is the subject of this post.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-04-29T13:27:55+00:00

    Note, AFAIK, alignment guides are only available beginning with Word 2013 / 365.

    The tip for "crop marks". They are a great help but only second to the old "text boundaries". 

    One again, thanks to everyone who add to this thread.

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  4. Charles Kenyon 170.8K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2015-04-29T12:57:15+00:00

    Note, AFAIK, alignment guides are only available beginning with Word 2013 / 365.

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  5. Jay Freedman 208.2K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2015-04-29T00:32:49+00:00

    One more suggestion, for positioning text boxes or pictures with respect to the column boundaries: On the Page Layout tab, click the Align button and make sure "Use Alignment Guides" is checked. Then, as you drag a floating object left or right, a vertical green line will appear when one of its sides coincides with a column margin. Also, a horizontal green line will appear when the top of the object matches the top of a paragraph of text.

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