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. Stefan Blom 351.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2016-09-23T20:26:32+00:00

    You can post a suggestion in the Uservoice forum at http://word.uservoice.com or vote for an existing suggestion.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-09-23T15:33:45+00:00

    Thank you for a concise answer on what is a fairly major departure from previous functionality.

    ... and this is why at home I use LibreOffice.

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  3. Stefan Blom 351.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2016-05-20T19:26:51+00:00

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  4. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2015-08-10T12:28:04+00:00

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-04-28T03:59:56+00:00

    There are items that are hard to believe!  Never was intended?  Then why was Text Boundaries in so many versions before it was "caught"? 

    I think "text boundareis" were intended, but someone "goofed" on this version, must have been pretty high up, and will not take the credit or blame for changing "text boundareis"!

    For the records, I just did newspaper columns the other day, three columns, and could not figure out a way to know where the "text boundaries" happened to be.  

    I did run a line between the columns, but that did not tell where the text would stop and start.  If one wants to place a text box or a picture on either margin, it sure would be nice to have the line for the margin!!!!

    The "work around" for mailing labels - "veiw gridlines" in tables works.  

    Now if someone could tell me the "work around" for newspaper colunns, that would help.

    Bug or not, intended or not, just bring "text boundaries" back!

    And thanks for all the support of those making a contribution to this item.

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