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To display or hide formatting marks (e.g., spaces, tabs, and paragraphbreaks) in a Microsoft Word document:
May 26, 2015 If you've noticed dots appearing where your spaces should be, and funny backwards-looking 'P's at the end of every paragraph then you have the formatting marks set to 'show'. In this video I show.
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- In Word 2010, on the File tab, click Options. InWord 2007, from the Office Button menu, select WordOptions near the bottom right corner of the menu.
- Select Display from the listing at the left.
- In the section titled 'Always show these formatting marks on thescreen', check or uncheck the appropriate boxes to view the marks ofyour choice. To show or hide them all, select Show all formatting marks.
- To save your changes, click OK.
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- From the Word menu, select Preferences....
- Select View.
- In the section titled 'Nonprinting characters', check or uncheckthe appropriate boxes to view the marks of your choice. CheckAll to see all formatting marks.
- To save your changes, click OK.
You can also toggle between displaying and hiding formattingmarks. To do so:
- In Word for Windows, on the Home tab, in the Paragraphgroup, click the paragraph icon.
- In Word for Mac OS X, click the paragraph icon in the Standardtoolbar. If you don't see the icon, from the View menu,choose Toolbars, and then check Standard.