Starnge symbol

[Guest]

Why do I get a strange symbol, "pilcrow" I think it is called, in my word
documents. It appears randomly and when I hit Enter or Return?

 

[Guest]

Because this feature is switched on. You can toggle it on and off on the
toolbar. It looks like the pilcrow sign! You can also go to Tools | Options
and see Paragraph marks untder the Formatting section.

 

[Henk57]

Eddie:
These are print controls. Indeed as Rae said you can toggle them
on/off by the show/hid button. However, it is good to get used to have
it ON. In the beginning it is somewhat disturbing, I admit, but w/ this
ON you see what you'r doing. For instance, you can see whether you
started a new line (hooked arrow) or a new paragraph (pilcrow), tabs
(looks like an arrow pointing to the right), etc.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It doesn't appear randomly; it appears, as you say, when you press Enter. It
indicates a paragraph break. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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