Weird new formatting for word Documents no margins shown and its like its all one page with lines that split pages.

I want to see the margins and to see individual pages with gray space in the middle.

I did try to default the view and make sure the pages size and margins size were correct and it didnt change anything.

Two factors are involved here:

  1. You are using something other than Print Layout View (Probably Web Layout View)*, &

  2. You have Text Boundaries enabled... Go to Word> Preferences> View to clear the check for that preference.

I don't know what you mean by "... did try to default the view..." as there is no setting or preference in Word for that purpose.

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Thank you. Unfortunately I am in print view already and text boundaries was unselected.

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Do you have the preference checked to show white space?

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Then Charles has mentioned the other possibility. Your reference to margins was misleading.

Go to Word> Preferences> View to put a check in the box for White space between pages in Print Layout View.

The White Space also can be toggled on/off by double-clicking the top/bottom edge of a page or the line that separates the pages. The pointer takes on this appearance when in the right location:

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It sounds like you might be using Word for the web in a web browser, rather than Word for macOS. Does this look familiar?

If you use Chrome or Microsoft Edge browsers, you should see a gap between pages. If you choose View>Ruler, it will give you an indication of the page margins.

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