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How to display margins in Word 2013
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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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2017-03-10T20:40:01+00:00 Sorry to necro this thread but this is a great answer and it prompted me to think up what might be an acceptable (if temporary) workaround:
Use page borders instead.
Set Design>Page Borders>Borders & Shading>Options>Measure from: text
Now you'll have margin borders. Sadly, you'll probably waste paper for a while when you forget to turn page borders off ...
... or maybe page borders will become a thing if enough of us start using them ...
Cheers!
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Suzanne S Barnhill 279.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator2017-03-10T22:34:19+00:00 I think page borders have already been suggested, but, while they define the basic text margins, they don't indicate the boundaries of text boxes, frames, tables, etc., as the classic text boundaries do.
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Stefan Blom 351.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator2017-03-10T22:36:04+00:00 Be sure to vote for the suggestion here:
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Anonymous
2017-03-10T23:13:04+00:00 I like the old text boundaries, but I find using corner crop marks works as a good substitute, and I don't even miss the text boundaries anymore. Open a Word document, select Options / Advanced / Show Document Content, and check Show Crop Marks.