Problems with page set up

[jax]

I've been having problems with lines on my screen when I write in print
layout view, which I have always done. There is no vertical scroll bar, nor
are there any vertical margins, so I have to go into page setup in file if I
want to change them. My text fits into the box that is on the page, and I
cannot see how to get rid of it. It has been like this for about 3 weeks and
I don't know what to do! Can someone help? There aren't any lines if I write
in normal view, but there are still no margins or scroll bar. Anyone know
what to do?
Thanks!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Are you describing text boundaries (a dotted line around the document body
area indicating the margins)? You can toggle those on and off in Tools |
Options | View. That is also the place to toggle display of the vertical
scroll bar.

 

[grammatim]

This prompted me to seek out the checkbox in 2007, and it turns out
the text boundaries are a rather assertive dark blue line. Is there
any way to change it to the light dashed or dotted line it was in
2003?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I'm seeing the same light dotted line in Word 2007 that I saw in Word 2003
and earlier. Perhaps you have selected something else instead?

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

This prompted me to seek out the checkbox in 2007, and it turns out
the text boundaries are a rather assertive dark blue line. Is there
any way to change it to the light dashed or dotted line it was in
2003?

 

[grammatim]

I don't use Borders & Shadings, and when I added a table so I could
look in the table menu, show gridlines wasn't on; any ideas?

When I go to 500% the text boundaries don't change -- still thin blue
lines.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You're running under Vista, right? That might make a difference, as might
the color scheme you have selected for Word. I would imagine your display
resolution might be a factor as well.

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

I don't use Borders & Shadings, and when I added a table so I could
look in the table menu, show gridlines wasn't on; any ideas?

When I go to 500% the text boundaries don't change -- still thin blue
lines.