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How to show or hide text boundaries in Word?

Author: Amanda Li Last Modified: 2024-09-14

Users of Microsoft Word can see the exact boundaries of their document with the Show Text Boundaries option. This can help in better understanding the layout and structure of the content.

Whether you need to see these boundaries for precise editing or want to hide them for a cleaner view, this tutorial will show you the ways to quickly show or hide text boundaries in Word.

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Show or hide text boundaries using Word Options

  1. Click the File tab, then click Options.
  2. In the Word Options window, click Advanced, then check Show text boundaries under Show document content to display text boundaries in the document, or uncheck it to hide them.
    Show text boundaries in Word Options window
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Show or hide text boundaries in Word by using Kutools

Kutools provides users the easy way to show or hide text boundaries and other document content in document.

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1. Please apply the utility by clicking Enterprise > Display Setting. See screenshot:

Display Settings on the Kutools Plus tab

2. Check or uncheck the Text Boundaries check box in the Display Setting dialog to show or hide the text boundaries. See screenshot:

Display Setting window

You can see the result as shown as below:

Document with text boundaries
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Document without text boundaries

For more information about this feature, please visit: Quickly show / hide or toggle formatting marks (paragraph marks & hidden text) in Word.


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