- The Word Window
- Entering Text
- Showing/Hiding Non-printing Characters
- Editing: Beyond the Basics
- Proofing Your Work
- Tracking Changes
- Printing Word Documents
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Showing/Hiding Non-printing Characters
Non-printing characters indicate where you ended a paragraph, pressed
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(Figure 3.8). You can show or hide non-printing characters as you work on a Word document. Being able to see non-printing characters is especially helpful when you're trying to locate multiple tab characters where only one should be or when you're looking for errant punctuation, such as blank paragraphs or extra spaces. See Table 3.2 for a complete list of non-printing characters.
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Figure 3.8 When displayed, non-printing characters are a faint gray.
Table 3.2. Non-printing Characters
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Symbol |
Character |
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Space |
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Tab |
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Line break (new line, same paragraph) |
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End of paragraph |
(dot)To show/hide non-printing characters
- Click the Show/Hide ¶ icon on the Standard toolbar (Figure 3.9).
Figure 3.9 The Show/Hide ¶ icon is the paragraph symbol.
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