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Showing text or field boundaries

You can show boundaries for text objects and field objects in Layout mode. Boundaries help you easily identify, position, and align these objects while you’re designing a layout.

To show text or field boundaries:

•	In Layout mode, choose one of the following menu commands:

 

Choose	Boundaries appear as
View menu > Show > Text Boundaries	A thin line around each text object
View menu > Show > Field Boundaries	A thin line around each field object

To hide text or field boundaries:

•	Choose the corresponding command from the Show submenu again.

Notes

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These boundaries appear only in Layout mode. However, you can format objects to have borders that do appear in Browse mode and when you print the layout. For more information, see Setting auto-resize options for layout objects and Setting the fill, line style, and borders for objects, layout parts, and the layout background.