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Guides, or non-printing lines
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? |
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Guides, or non-printing lines
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" wrote in message ... 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? |
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Guides, or non-printing lines
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" wrote: 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" wrote in message ... 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? . |
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Guides, or non-printing lines
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 "Patrick" wrote in message ... 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" wrote: 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" wrote in message ... 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? . |
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