How get rid of icon looking like a backward "P" where cursor is?

[Guest]

An icon has appeared which looks like a backward "P" at the beginning of each
word and remains at the end of each sentence when I use Outlook. I have seen
it in the Office Word toolbar but not in Outlook. I wish to remove it. Can
anyone help me please.

 

[Guest]

Hi Jane,

It sounds like you are using Microsoft Word as your default editor for
Outlook. Do you see the same backward "P" symbols if you open a Word
document? There are settings in Word, under Tools > Options | on the View tab
for displaying formatting marks. If any of these are checked, try clearing
them.

Please be aware that the newsgroup to which you posted,
microsoft.public.access, is for questions related to the database software
known as Microsoft Access. You will likely get a better answer by posting to
microsoft.public.outlook.

Tom
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An icon has appeared which looks like a backward "P" at the beginning of each
word and remains at the end of each sentence when I use Outlook. I have seen
it in the Office Word toolbar but not in Outlook. I wish to remove it. Can
anyone help me please.

 

[Joseph Meehan]

An icon has appeared which looks like a backward "P" at the beginning
of each word and remains at the end of each sentence when I use
Outlook. I have seen it in the Office Word toolbar but not in
Outlook. I wish to remove it. Can anyone help me please.

Sounds like the paragraph symbol. ¶ You can turn them off in the
"Tools" "Options" "Formatting" "Paragraph marks" In Word

This is a newsgroup dedicated to questions about Access, the database
program in Office Professional. It appears your question may not be related
to these subjects. The Microsoft help system is not all that clear and may
have misdirected you here.

It is best to ask your questions in a newsgroup dedicated to the
subject of your question. You should find people better able to address
your problem there.

Note: It is always best to indicate the name and version of any
program(s) you may be using when asking a question and also indicate the
operating system (like Windows XP or 98) when you ask a question.

 

[Guest]

Thanks to both responders as I was having the same problem in Outlook. I
checked Word first and the formatting boxes were not checked. However, when
I followed the same rules you provided in Outlook under Tool - Options - View
I found the culprits, unchecked the boxes and was able to remove those
dastardly formatting marks.