Everytime I open Microsoft Word (2003) there is a little Paragraph symbol
(looks like a backwards P with two lines) and I want to get rid of that. HOW?
I have searched all through the program and I DON'T know what to do??? I
can't type documents with this thing... it even appears after I skip lines by
hitting enter and everything! I hate it! How do I set EVERYTHING back to
original settings? I need to fix this and soon (school is about to start).

Thanks a ton!

Joseph.

You need to click the ¶ on the standard toolbar. You may have to expand the
chevron on the right.

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"Joseph Kordsmeier" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:E4255E41-882D-4E73-A847-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Everytime I open Microsoft Word (2003) there is a little Paragraph symbol
> (looks like a backwards P with two lines) and I want to get rid of that. HOW?
> I have searched all through the program and I DON'T know what to do??? I
> can't type documents with this thing... it even appears after I skip lines by
> hitting enter and everything! I hate it! How do I set EVERYTHING back to
> original settings? I need to fix this and soon (school is about to start).
>
> Thanks a ton!
>
> Joseph.

Mary has provided the answer you need. For more about why you might
sometimes want to see nonprinting characters (formatting marks), see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm

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Words into Type
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"Joseph Kordsmeier" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:E4255E41-882D-4E73-A847-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Everytime I open Microsoft Word (2003) there is a little Paragraph symbol
> (looks like a backwards P with two lines) and I want to get rid of that.
HOW?
> I have searched all through the program and I DON'T know what to do??? I
> can't type documents with this thing... it even appears after I skip lines
by
> hitting enter and everything! I hate it! How do I set EVERYTHING back to
> original settings? I need to fix this and soon (school is about to start).
>
> Thanks a ton!
>
> Joseph.