It was news to me as well. But text boundaries are not displayed in Print
Preview even when the Magnifier is turned off, and I don't see any way to
display them (the View tab of Tools | Options is disabled in this view).
Interestingly, ISTR that in some earlier versions there was something like
text boundaries in PP that allowed you to change the margins in that view
(perhaps before you could do this with the rulers in Print Layout view).
Okay, I just checked my Word 2.0 for Windows manual, and I was remembering
wrong. It was just that you could change the margins using the rulers in PP
(but you could also do this in Page Layout view). And the manual clearly
states that you can edit in PP by turning off the magnifier. I never saw any
reason to do this, but I've always known it was possible.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
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But note, as other messages in the thread show, that nonprinting marks can
be displayed in Print Preview as well, if you first enable the editing
mode.
That was certainly news to me.
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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Especially if you also display text boundaries.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
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If you display nonprinting marks the difference between Print Layout
view
and Print Preview will be apparent.
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Microsoft Word MVP
"Pamelia Caswell via OfficeKB.com" u43222@uwe wrote in message
news:994f2ae802c68@uwe...
Actually, that's a very good question. Print layout view in Word
pretty
accurately shows me how a page will appear once printed, so about the
only
time I use print preview in Word is to update fields. Before W2007, I
used
normal view (& back) for that purpose. In Excel 2003 and before I used
print
preview often, but now with Excel 2007's page layout view, I, again,
rarely
use print preview. I've wondered why print preview is still a feature
(since
at least W2002). Either it remains because too many users would
squawk
if
it were removed, or it does something the other views (including the
reading
view) can't. Does anyone know?
Pam
Terry Farrell wrote:
Clue: the answer is in the name.
i can't find the answer here.
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