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
    2017-03-10T23:44:55+00:00

    I might have been one of those suggesting "Crop Marks".  However, I still want the real "text boundaries" back in their original form.

    PLEASE VOTE TO GET THEM BACK!

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-03-11T12:03:43+00:00

    Good suggestion, someone has an automated version :

    http://clearlyandsimply.com/

    **Text Boundaries Template for Word 2013/2016/365**

    Word 2013/365 changed the text rendering engine in Word so that "text boundaries" are around individual paragraphs rather than displaying the page margins. Many people prefer the old method.

    This is a zip file containing two letter-size macro- and text-free templates and a read-me document. Documents created using one template will display text boundaries like they were displayed in Word 2003-2010, they will be in compatibility mode. Documents created using the second template will display with a pseudo text boundary that is actually a page border set to be one point from text. Those documents will not be in compatibility mode. This is a work-around, not a solution, but may be helpful. See the Read Me file for directions. Version 15.3

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-06-27T18:24:11+00:00

    It's under File-->Options-->Display-->"Show white space between pages in Print Layout view." The box should be checked if you want to see the full page, including margins and white space, and not just as much of the page as has text.

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  4. Charles Kenyon 170.8K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2017-06-27T20:51:01+00:00

    It's under File-->Options-->Display-->"Show white space between pages in Print Layout view." The box should be checked if you want to see the full page, including margins and white space, and not just as much of the page as has text.

    While that is a solution for a number of questions posted on this forum, it is not for this one.

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  5. Anonymous
    2017-11-22T06:21:47+00:00

    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.

    Go to File>Options>Display and check the box "Show white space between pages in Print Layout View"

    That WILL fix it!

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