Unwanted character on screen (Word 2003 Edition)

[Guest]

I had a Word document open and inadvertantly hit a wrong key (I don't know
which one) and now I have an unwanted "pilcrow sign" on every document that's
opened. It's also on the blank screen when I begin a new document. Please
help me get rid of it!

 

[Guest]

You can either click on the pilcrow on your toolbar or Tools | Options |
General | Formatting Marks | and deselect Paragraphs.

 

[Dawn Crosier]

You press CTRL + SHIFT + 8. If you do it again, it will toggle off.
<smile>

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[Tony Jollans]

With all due respect, the shortcut key is Ctrl+* - and only Ctrl+Shift+8 on
keyboards which have the asterisk as Shift+8 (generally English keyboards)

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm for reasons why
you might sometimes want to have nonprinting characters displayed, along
with several methods of toggling them on and off.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

Thanks for your help. As you probably figured out I'm very new to computers.
Just learning.

 

[Guest]

I had a Word document open and inadvertantly hit a wrong key (I don't know
which one) and now I have an unwanted "pilcrow sign" on every document that's
opened. It's also on the blank screen when I begin a new document. Please
help me get rid of it!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm

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

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