How to View and Change the Margins in Word

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This wikiHow teaches you how to display the margin lines around your text in a Microsoft Word document. You can show the margins on PC and Mac, but the mobile version of Word doesn't allow you to do this.

Click on the View tab. Then, check the box next to "Ruler" in the Show section. The gray sections on the ruler represent the margins of the page. You can also adjust the margins using the ruler.

Using Mac

Open a Word document on your Mac. You can open a saved document from your computer or open Microsoft Word, and create a new document.

Click the Word tab on the menu bar. You can find this button next to the Apple icon near the upper-left corner of your screen. It will open a drop-down menu.

Click View in Preferences. This is the second option on the top row of the Preferences window. You can find it under the "Authoring and Proofing Tools" heading.

Find the Text boundaries option. It's near the upper-right corner under the "Show in Document" heading.

next to Text boundaries . When this option is checked, you'll see the margin lines around your text in the document.

Using Windows

Open a Word document on your computer. You can open a saved document or open Microsoft Word, and create a new document.

• If you're using Word 2007, click the Office icon on the top-left.

• In Word 2007, click Word Options on the bottom-right.

Find the Show text boundaries option. It's under the "Show document content" heading in the Advanced tab.

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