• Word 2013 – Display Formatting Marks

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    When I turn on Display Formatting Marks in 2013, some of my files display with lines between paragraphs. Others do not. I have searched and searched and cannot figure out what this is happening. I attached some screen shots and two files. Anybody know how to turn these lines off? They are really distracting. Thanks!

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    • #1463595

      I see no lines on first document.
      On second document, do lines print?
      Red squiggly lines are spelling check notes.
      Are these in the same file?
      Both in Word 2013?
      Either in compatibility mode?
      If first is in compatibility mode and second is not, you are probably seeing “text boundaries.”

      • #1463609

        Both docs were open in Word 2013 when I took the screen shots. The “lines” appear after EVERY hard return in the “squiggly” screen shot. They might be “text boundaries”; I don’t know for sure. Turning off “text boundaries” doesn’t seem to be an option. I only have this issue in Word 2013. If I open these files in Word 2012, they both look the same when I turn on all display formatting options. I know that the red squiggly lines are spell check lines. If they are text boundaries, how do I turn those off? Any ideas? And why don’t they show in the other file? The .DOC file (the Union County doc) is open in compatibility mode. The other file is a DOCX file so it opens normally. If I re-save the DOC file as a DOCX file, the lines between EVERY paragraph reappear. Why? Is this some “function” of Word 2013 to display DOCX files? If so, it is really announying (but then again when has MS really cared if it annoys people). See add’l screen shots. Anyway, any thoughts on how to turn these off??

        Thanks.

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        • #1463618

          You can turn off text boundaries: File>Options>Advanced: in the Show Document Content section, clear Show Text Boundaries. Word 2013 shows the boundaries of each paragraph when that feature is turned on. I suppose the idea was to display space after or space before which “pads” a paragraph.

    • #1463632

      Great. That helps. Although I like to have the outside of the text boundaries appear (which is how it works in Word 2010). Oh well. Thanks. -Rich

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