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. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2016-05-21T02:12:41+00:00

    Unfortunately, it's highly unlikely to be resolved for Word 2013. It might be corrected in Word 2016 but probably only for users who have the program through Office 365, which receives continuous feature updates.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-05-20T22:41:59+00:00

    Cool, I am glad to be corrected. 

    So, at least there is some microscopic hope this issue will be resolved. But I'm not holding my

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  3. Stefan Blom 351.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2016-05-20T22:08:55+00:00

    The UserVoice thread that I linked to is marked with "Under review," so there is hope that something will be done.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-05-20T21:59:56+00:00

    Debbie: definitely do add your vote and comment to the "uservoice" link that Stefan provided.

    But the reality is that MS "improved" <sarcasm> this feature in Office 2013, and immediately got floods of negative feedback.  It has not been fixed in 2016 and I have not seen any indication that they will ever return to the better way.

    The closest to a fix I can think of is to create a graphic that replicates the text border. Insert it as a "watermark", then delete or hide it when you print.

    Maybe someone will find a workaround that they can distribute as an addon ...

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-05-20T19:32:48+00:00

    Well, I have MS Office 10 at home, and my church office just upgraded to MS Office 13. I certainly won't be upgrading to this version for my home software until they either support margin boundaries in 13 or future versions of the MS Office software, or until my current version is no longer supported. 

    This feature isn't just an option for me, it is critical to the way I use the software.

    MS developers, please listen to this request!!!

    Debbie Vacik

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