Show Text Boundaries

[Rabia]

Is there a shortcut to "Show Text Boundaries"? I'd like to avoid going
through 4 clicks to get to it (Office Button > Word Options > Advanced > Show
Document Content. Thanks.

 

[tedmi]

You can add any Word command to the Quick Access Toolbar, by default located
at the left edge of the topmost title bar. Click on the down arrow at the
right end of the toolbar, and navigate through the menu structure in the
pop-up windows to the command you want. The QAT icons are cryptic and hard to
recognize, but you get tooltips when you hover the mouse cursor over them.

 

[Rabia]

Thanks, but I already tried this and found no related command. I thought
someone might have another idea.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Look in All Commands; the command you want is ViewTogglePageBoundaries.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Thanks, but I already tried this and found no related command. I thought
someone might have another idea.

 

[Rabia]

Notice is says "PageBounndaries" not text boundaries. I tried it and it just
eliminates the extra white space. Thanks anyway!

Look in All Commands; the command you want is ViewTogglePageBoundaries.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Hmm. I wonder why they called it "page boundaries" instead of "white space."
<sigh> Okay, well you could at least use ToolsOptionsView to open the
Options dialog to the View tab (that would be in Word 2003; I don't know
what the Word 2007 equivalent would be).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Notice is says "PageBounndaries" not text boundaries. I tried it and it
just
eliminates the extra white space. Thanks anyway!

 

[Stefan Blom]

To show/hide text boundaries, use the following macro:

Sub ShowHideTextBoundaries()
On Error Resume Next
ActiveWindow.View.ShowTextBoundaries = _
Not ActiveWindow.View.ShowTextBoundaries

End Sub

Add it to the normal.dotm template (or to an add-in); you can then add a
button for it to the Quick Access Toolbar or attach a keyboard shortcut. See
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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Notice is says "PageBounndaries" not text boundaries. I tried it and it
just
eliminates the extra white space. Thanks anyway!