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
    2017-11-22T06:21:47+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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  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
    2017-03-10T23:13:04+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.

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