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
    2016-09-23T15:33:45+00:00

    Thank you for a concise answer on what is a fairly major departure from previous functionality.

    ... and this is why at home I use LibreOffice.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-09-14T14:40:28+00:00

    Hello, perhaps you're looking for the crop marks?

    I was looking as well, found this thread, and searching i found them here:

    FIle>Options>Advanced>Show document content (section)>tick on "Show Crop Marks", then click ok and voilá.

    Saving all documents in doc 97-2003 makes no difference whatsoever in the Crop Marks.

    Good luck!

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-09-03T19:05:39+00:00

    Suzanne:  Thanks for this explanation ...this is the only one that makes any sense.  MS "Ask Me Anything" is useless and frustrating to use.  Yes I want MS/Word 10 to do what it did before...that is to show the proposed text boundaries/margins.  The way it works now (by going into "Advanced Options") gives you a "text box" sort of thing that is useless.  MS products are so frustrating!

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-07-29T18:47:35+00:00

    Page Layout -> Margins -> Custom Margins -> Layout -> Borders

    I like "box" with a simple 1pt wide line. This is not a display-only setting. Be sure to turn it off when done

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  5. Charles Kenyon 170.8K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2016-06-02T03:48:07+00:00

    If you want to show actual "page margins"  and not every individual text line: Go to  Word Options  /  Advanced /  Show Document content   and select the "Show Crop marks".

    While not the same as the old text boundaries, this can be useful for page margins.

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