Press the button, it will go orange, and your formatting marks will display. Go to the Home tab and you’ll find it half way along. So, how did I get to see these funny marks? In Word for both Mac and PC, you can find a button with the paragraph mark on it which will make them display: Show Paragraph marks in Word for PC For example, in this document, I can see that the author has used the Return key to force text to appear on a new page (instead of using Ctrl-Enter to force a page break):Īnd when I’ve done it properly, I can see the page break marked: Why is it useful? It means that if you are editing or otherwise tidying up a document, you can see what’s been done in order to resolve it. Basically, this means that you can see where the author of a document has pressed the Return key or Tab or Space, or inserted a forced break or some other formatting. Word gives you the option to view paragraph marks and other hidden formatting symbols. ![]() ![]() What were all these funny symbols? Where had they come from and, more importantly, how could she get rid of them? Showing paragraph marks and other hidden formatting symbols ![]() All sorts of odd marks had appeared in her Word document. A friend got in touch recently in a bit of a panic.
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