Page Layout

This view displays the page exactly as it will be printed.
This shows you how the document will look when it is printed.
The only view that displays everything.
Displays the document as it will appear in print, with text formatting, graphics, headers and footers, columns and all special elements.
Useful when you are proof reading a document and checking the design layout and text formatting before printing.
Link (Printing > Print Layout View)

All the white space at the top and the bottom of each page though is annoying. You can now remove this white space by moving the cursor to the top and when the tooltip "Hide White Space" and "Show White Space" buttons to appear.
This "Hide White Space" option is not saved when you close Word.

Switches the active document to page layout view, which is an editing view that displays your document as it will print.
Page layout view uses more system memory, so scrolling may be slower, especially if your document contains many pictures or complex formatting.
If your printed page does not look the same as the page in page layout view (especially the header and footer margins and sizes then check the paper (File > Page SetUp) is set to A4 and not letter

My Page doesn't print

If you inadvertently format a manual page break as hidden text and then specify that hidden text is not printed, Microsoft Word ignores the manual page break. The new page won't display when viewed in Print Preview (File menu), and the new page won't print.
To remove the hidden text format, first make sure you can see the manual page break: switch to normal view, and, if necessary, turn on hidden text by clicking Show/Hide on the Standard toolbar.
Then, select the page break, click Font on the Format menu, and clear the Hidden check box.