SYMPTOMS
If you have "Highlight Changes On Screen" or "Highlight Changes in Printed
Document" selected, revision bars (also called "revised lines") may be
displayed or printed in an unexpected location.
Case 1
Right Border revision bars appear on the left side of text except in Page
Layout view, Online Layout view, and Print Preview.
Case 2
If the document's text or table cells extend into the margins (as with a
negative left or right paragraph indent), the revision bars are displayed
incorrectly; however, the lines are printed correctly.
Case 3
When a document is formatted with multiple columns and you specify Left
Border revision marks, the revision bars are displayed on the left of each
column but are printed along the left edge of the page instead of along the
left side of the edited column.
When a document is formatted with multiple columns and you specify right
Border revision marks, the revision bars are displayed on the right of each
column but are printed along the right edge of the page.
CAUSE/WORKAROUND/STATUS
Case 1 (Right Revision Bars Appear on Left)
Cause
This behavior is by design. Word displays right revision bars on the
right side of a document in Page Layout view and Online Layout view,
which is designed to display text the way it will be printed. In all
other views, Word displays revision bars to the left of the text to make
editing easier.
Resolution
To view the right revision bars, switch to Page Layout view or Online
Layout view.
Case 2 (Revision Bars Are Printed over Text in Margin)
Workaround
The document is only displayed incorrectly. If you print the document,
it should be printed correctly.
Status
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem
and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it
becomes available.
Case 3 (Revision Lines Print Only Along Left Column)
Status
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.