Step 5: go back to the editor and confirm that the vertical ruler is now activated. Once this is done, check the option shown in the image above (Screenshot: Matheus Bigogno)

Step 4: Within the “View” section, check the “Show vertical ruler in Print Layout view” option and click “OK” to proceed. Step 3: Access the “Advanced” tab in the window that opens.Īccess the “Advanced” tab in the window that opens next (Screenshot: Matheus Bigogno) Then click on “Options” in the side menu (Screenshot: Matheus Bigogno) Step 2: then click on “Options” on the side menu. To activate the vertical ruler, click on “File” in the top menu (Screenshot: Matheus Bigogno) Step 1: Click on “File” in the top menu of Word. If you performed the previous procedure and it did not reveal the editor’s vertical ruler, check below how to activate it: Then note that the Word ruler is now displayed (Screenshot: Matheus Bigogno) How to Enable Word’s Vertical Ruler Step 2: The editor’s ruler will appear next. Similar way you can enter other units in, cm, mm for inches, centimeter, millimeter respectively followed by the value.Open Word, access the “View” menu and check the “Ruler” option (Screenshot: Matheus Bigogno) As you can see below I have entered left indent value in centimeter “1cm” and hit the enter to apply it, Word automatically converted it to 0.39 inches which is equivalent to 1cm, because the default measuring unit was inches. Suppose you have set the ruler unit in inches as default and you want to enter the document left indentation or any other value in centimeters then instead of changing unit type in advanced option you can enter it on the fly. Once you save the word options, you will notice word ruler units changed from inches to centimeter Change Value Units on the fly After selecting the unit click on OK button to save the settings. Here you will see an option “Show measurements in units of”, click on the drop-down menu and select Centimeters or any other unit that you want to use. This will open the Word Options windows, here click on “Advanced” on the left-side and then scroll down to “Display” section. Click on “File” tab and then click on “Options” on the left-bar. Lets suppose you want to change the ruler units from inches to centimeters then go ahead and open the advanced word options.

View side ruler in word