Lines separate paragraphs in Print Layout view

FKerr · #1 08-11-2015, 12:38 PM

New files that I open on my office workstation show dotted lines separating paragraphs. They do not print or show in other view modes. How do I get rid of them?

Stefan Blom · #2 08-12-2015, 12:48 PM

I believe you are describing the broken text boundaries for Word 2013 documents. Hide text boundaries by clearing that option at File tab | Option | Advanced (look in the "Show document content" section).

FKerr · #3 08-12-2015, 05:03 PM

I reckon it does look like it. In previous version, only the outer boundaries (like a text frame for the page, i.e., the text limits, were "dotted"). In 2013, every "hard line break" generates the dots. If I disable them, will I lose those outer boundaries too? I'll chek it out tomorrow, back at work. Thanks for the tip.

Stefan Blom · #4 08-13-2015, 05:58 AM

It's all or nothing, I'm afraid. Unfortunately, you can't get Word 2013 to behave as older versions with regards to text boundaries, unless you save the document in compatibility mode.

FKerr · #5 08-13-2015, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stefan Blom

It's all or nothing, I'm afraid. Unfortunately, you can't get Word 2013 to behave as older versions with regards to text boundaries, unless you save the document in compatibility mode.

I saved the files as word 2003 and it worked as it used to. Thanks again.

Stefan Blom · #6 08-13-2015, 11:45 AM

Thanks for the follow-up.

Note that, as an alternative, you can set compatibility to Word 2010. This will restore text boundaries while keeping some of the new features introduced with the *.docx file format. Here's how to do it (as explained by MVP Jay Freedman in the thread at http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/o...9-34d2a04a1a8f):

Press Alt+F11 to open the macro editor, and press Ctrl+G to open the Immediate window at the bottom of the editor. In that window, paste this line and then press Enter:

ActiveDocument.SetCompatibilityMode wdWord2010

Close the macro editor. Then open the Options dialog, go to the Advanced options, and scroll to the bottom. Change the dropdown "Lay out this document as if created in" to "Microsoft Word 2010". That's all there is to it...

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