Hi: I strongly prefer working in Draft view and it was working fine, showing my left margin as white space on the left, and now all of a sudden the text is flush to the left and I cannot get it to show the previously visible white space in the left margin. I have tried every possible fix I can find, (including setting new margin widths) and fiddling with the ruler to show the white margin by manipulating it until a blue left margin appears on the ruler. However, as soon as I start a new document it defaults back to the flush against-the-left-margin view. Anyone have any ideas? None of the fixes suggested for earlier versions of Office seem to pertain to this one. I am working on a Mac (Yosemite), Word for Mac 2011 (version14.5.8). (The left margin does show in Print Layout, but I much prefer working in Draft view when composing)


Thank you.

AFAIK, the only white space one sees on the left in Draft view is that reserved for the Tab control, plus whatever indenting the text has - at least, that's how it works on a PC.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]