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Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated October 19, 2024)
This tip applies to Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
If you work often in Print Layout view, you may find text boundaries helpful. These are dotted lines that appear in your document to mark the limits of text elements. For instance, when you use text boundaries, dotted lines appear around the margins of your text, as well as around headers, footers, footnotes, etc. To control the display of text boundaries, follow these steps:
Figure 1. The View tab of the Options dialog box.
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