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
    2016-09-03T19:05:39+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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. Anonymous
    2016-06-01T21:06:47+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".

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