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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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If you are referring to http://wordsintotype.mvps.org/LonelyPilcrow.htm, it is a Web page, so it might be treated differently. If you were viewing it in Web Layout view, you would still see the lines but not in Read Mode.
Suzanne:
I just found your responses to Thinh Nguyen Tien andThomasCollo 's questions about the missing text boundaries in Word 2013 (after three hours of searching, including a reading of most of your MVP artifles, because I was determined to find an answer this time). That ends my search, but leaves me just as frustrated as I was beforehand! I have to agree with you that it is yet another example of how ignorant Microsoft developers are with respect to .how people actually use their program.
If I had known about this ahead of time, I would have purchased an earlier version of Office (with Word 2010) for my new computer (which I had to get, because its predecessor died). I guess I'll just have to learn to live with it, but it will be difficult.
I noted along the way, interestingly enough, that saving s copy of your Manuscript Template converted it into the same line-covered format but that my system was happy to copy your "Lonely Pilcrow" presentation (copied because I had difficulty reading the light blue print) without adding those lines, even though I think they were both *.docx files.
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Still would like to see Text Boundaries added back. It was aweswom, and "always on"! Never had to look for some work around!
Many (experienced) users depended on text boundaries, but, unfortunately, the Office team has stated that the boundaries won't come back. :-( Still, you could post a suggestion in the form at http://support.microsoft.com/common/survey.aspx?scid=sw;en-us;2222&altStyle=MFE&renderOption=OverrideDefault&showpage=1&fr=1&nofrbrand=1.
I was aware the labels were just tables, but never thought to go this route.
Still would like to see Text Boundaries added back. It was aweswom, and "always on"! Never had to look for some work around!
Thanks for the tip.
In Word, labels are merely tables with fixed cell dimensions. Therefore, you can turn on the "boundaries" by clicking on View Gridlines in the Table section of the Table Tools>Layout tab of the ribbon.