Both of the rulers can be hidden from view by adjusting the Ruler option on the View tab, but you might wish to keep the horizontal ruler, while hiding the vertical ruler. Our guide below will show you how to achieve this for the Print Layout view in Word 2013.
Hiding the Vertical Ruler in “Print Layout” View in Word 2013
The steps in the article below will show you what setting to change to hide the vertical ruler form the left side of the window in Word 2013. Note that this will only affect the “Print Layout” view, as that is the only Word 2013 view where the vertical ruler is visible. You can learn more about ruler visibility in Word 2013 views with this article. Here is how to hide the vertical ruler in Word 2013 – Here are the same steps, but with pictures – Step 1: Open Word 2013. Step 2: Click the File tab at the top-left corner of the window.
Step 3: Click Options in the column at the left side of the window.
Step 4: Click Advanced in the left column of the Word Options window.
Step 5: Scroll to the Display section, then click the box to the left of Show vertical ruler in Print Layout view to remove the check mark. You can then click the OK button to close the Word Options window and apply your changes.
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