Guides, or non-printing lines

[Patrick]

Hello there -- I am trying to lay out some guides on a page in Word 2003
(Windows XP). As I cannot find any information about adding guides to a page
in Word, I am simply adding some lines to my page to work like guides (no
snapping, of course). However, in order to work like guides, I am trying to
figure out how to make these lines NOT print, while the rest of the page
content prints. Does anyone have any advice on making non-printing lines?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Word is not page layout software and consequently doesn't have any provision
for layout guides. What it does have is nonprinting "text boundaries" (Tools
| Options | View) which will show you (among other things) where your
margins are, and a drawing grid (Draw | Grid on the Drawing toolbar); the
grid interval is adjustable.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Patrick]

Thanks for the reply, Suzanne! Unfortunately, my document grid is not quite
spaced at regular intervals across the entire page. Is there a way to draw my
own lines on the page so they appear on screen but so they do not print?
Thanks in advance!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

No, if there were a way I would have told you in the first place. But the
grid should be regularly spaced even if it doesn't appear to be.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org