Why can't see the 'page break' dotted line in my documents?

[SteveT]

When I insert a page break on Word 2007 documents, I can't see the usual
"---Page Break---" dotted line. The only way I can do this is to click the
'Show/Hide' formatting button in the paragraph section - and I don't want to
do that as seeing all the formatting is distracting.

Can anyone help?

Thanks,

Steve

 

[Cindy M.]

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When I insert a page break on Word 2007 documents, I can't see the usual
"---Page Break---" dotted line. The only way I can do this is to click the
'Show/Hide' formatting button in the paragraph section - and I don't want to
do that as seeing all the formatting is distracting.

Unfortunately, no, you can't view the Page Breaks without displaying all the
non-printing characters.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[SteveT]

Thanks for the response - I fiddled around a bit, and I think I've found a way.

* Click on the Vista Office button
* Click 'Word Options'
* Click 'Advanced'
* Scroll down to the bottom to the drop down box that reads 'Lay out this
document as if created in' - then select 'Microsoft Word 2002' from the box.
* Click 'OK'

Now, the page breaks appear.

Cheers
Steve

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi Steve,

Thanks for the response - I fiddled around a bit, and I think I've found a way.

* Click on the Vista Office button
* Click 'Word Options'
* Click 'Advanced'
* Scroll down to the bottom to the drop down box that reads 'Lay out this
document as if created in' - then select 'Microsoft Word 2002' from the box.
* Click 'OK'

Now, the page breaks appear.

Good detective work! And thanks for posting it back for all to read

(I wish there was a way to attach a flower to such a helpful tip)

-- Cindy Meister

 

[G]

Great find! I've been looking for this for a while now - thanks very much.