Using Word 2016 (and apparently 2013, and 365), there is no longer an option for showing a page's text boundaries. Rather it defaults to essentially paragraph boundaries. How can I get my page's text boundaries (i.e. Margins) displayed again? According and Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, has declared this beloved, long-standing feature a bug, and fixed it in their recent editions (with no apparent intention of returning). You can to try and convince Microsoft to correct this egregious offense. And no, the page margins/text boundaries are not the same as the guides/rulers.
Here is my macro lifehack that makes use of the gridlines to display text boundaries in the pre-2013 style. The macro switches boundaries on/off. The produced boundaries are a bit improved: they extend at the full page width and height, crossing in the corners. If you like boundaries that look just like a rectangle, like it was in Office before 2013, remove ' at the start of this line: ' ActiveDocument.GridOriginFromMargin = True Downside: There will be the same boundaries for the whole document, so if you have multiple sections with different size margins, their boundaries will be like those of the section that is current at the moment when you run the macro.
Aug 11, 2015 - It will save you no end of time and make your documents much easier to. The horizontal ruler will then appear at the top of your document. Apr 8, 2012 - I have MS Office Home and Student.and I have just developed a problem with my VERTICAL RULER in WORD.I cannot get it to work, meaning.