How to quickly show or hide crop marks in Word?
Crop marks in Word documents are useful for indicating the edges of the printable area, which can be especially helpful for designing and layout tasks. However, there might be times when you need to show or hide these crop marks to better focus on your document's content or to prepare it for printing.
In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to quickly show or hide crop marks in Word, allowing you to customize your workspace to suit your needs.
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Show or hide crop marks through Word Options
- Click the File tab, then choose Options.
- In the Word Options window, click Advanced, then check or uncheck Show crop marks under Show document content to show or hide the crop marks.
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Show or hide crop marks with Kutools for Word
Using Kutools for Word makes it simple to manage the display of crop marks and other formatting or document content. By gathering display settings in one location, Kutools allows users to quickly show or hide crop marks and other formatting marks without navigating through multiple Word menus.
Follow these steps to show or hide crop marks:
- Click Kutools Plus > Display Settings.
- In the Display Settings window:
- Check Crop Marks to show the crop marks, or uncheck it to hide them.
- Click Close.
View the result as follows:
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For more information about this feature, visit: Quickly show / hide or toggle formatting marks (paragraph marks & hidden text) in Word.
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