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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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Thomas,
Could it be you activated the grid instead? On the View tab you could correct that.
Have not got Office 2013 yet, but read this thread:
If it is by design or a bug...
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.
Show text boundaries is there, however, you must got to File, Save, and Save All Files in This Format, and select 97-2003 format.
The bad news - the cursor does not show at the left margin.
The good news - text boundaries are like they have been for years! The other good news, Word Art is like is was prior to Office 2007!
Sure would be nice if MS got this right! This is a mess without a cursor at the left margin!
Good luck.
No I believe he did show text boundaries. Text boundaries in 2013 shows dotted lines in between paras as well.
What he wants to do is just see the margins only- what I want to do too, and I can't find out how either.
Could it be you are looking for File menu > Options command > Advanced option > Show Document Content section. Turn ON "Show Text Boundaries".
Could it be you are looking for File menu > Options command > Advanced option > Show Document Content section. Turn ON "Show Text Boundaries".
No, that is already turned on. The problem is that it shows lines between paragraphs, as well.