Re: removing visual format of spaces & paragraphs?!

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Beth Rosengard <bethrosengard@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Lexie,
>
> What you did was click on the Show/Hide formatting button, otherwise known
> as a pilcrow (backwards paragraph mark, ¶), on your toolbar. Those hidden
> formatting characters you're seeing can come in very handy at times, but all
> you have to do to get rid of them is click again on the pilcrow symbol.

Actually, the pilcrow button is a very gross way to toggle formatting
characters on and off, and I advise against using it. You surely want to
be able to see *some* formatting characters - for example, if you can't
see the paragraph characters at the end of paragraphs, you can't use
Word properly at all. Choose Word > Preferences > View to select the
exact set of formatting characters you want to see; for example, you can
turn off visibility of spaces between words as dots, but leave the
paragraph marks at the end of paragraphs in place. m.


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