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In MS Word 365, "Text Boundaries" shows the boundaries of EVERY line.  I want it to show the text boundaries on the PAGE like it did in MS Word 2007.  How can I make this happen?


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The Office team has said that the change is by design and that text boundaries were never intended to be used the way many people, including myself, used them in older versions of Word. In other words, we shouldn't expect a fix.
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As frustrating as Stefan's answer may be, I can attest that this is just the answer we were given by the Word team. The previous version of text boundaries was an accidental consequence of the former layout engine, a sort of lagniappe that many of us found helpful. In designing the new layout engine, the designers apparently had no idea how many users were reliant on the old design, but they are unrepentant about the change (and unconcerned about our distress), and, as Stefan says, there will be no fix (except to continue to use Word 2010).
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It's definitely a huge loss in Word 2013.

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I agree. Just one of several reasons I open Word 2013 only to test scenarios for users.
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I'm actually using Word 2013, with text boundaries turned off. I'm just trying to adjust to a world without boundaries. :-)

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Oh, brave new world...but then you're younger than I am. I reserve the right to be set in my ways. <g>
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Fair enough! <g>

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Why wouldn't it be put back if so many people depended on using incorrectly?  Not having the boundary just throws the entire appearance off.  I always use text boundary full page and display formatting marks at all times.

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Why wouldn't it be put back if so many people depended on using incorrectly? Not having the boundary just throws the entire appearance off. I always use text boundary full page and display formatting marks at all times.

The only explanation given is the one that you can read in Suzanne's and my posts from last year.

I'm not sure what you mean by "text boundary full page," though. Text boundaries used to indicate (with a dotted line) the boundaries of each area where you could enter text: page, table cell, text box, text in a shape, header/footer, etc. 

Assuming that you look at the page in Print Layout view, the appearance of the page isn't affected by text boundaries.

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Assuming that you look at the page in Print Layout view, the appearance of the page isn't affected by text boundaries.

Actually, it is. In Word 2010 and earlier, text boundaries outline the area within the document margins, showing the extent of the available text area on the page. In Word 2013, the boundaries not only surround each individual paragraph but are limited to the area that actually contains text.

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