why are paragraph markers showing up in my word document?

[tullytown]

In a word document, all of the sudden there are Paragraph markers you know
the backward p and when I do other things like spacing or whatever it puts
dots in. How did it get there and how do I get rid of it?

 

[Jay Freedman]

In a word document, all of the sudden there are Paragraph markers you
know the backward p and when I do other things like spacing or
whatever it puts dots in. How did it get there and how do I get rid
of it?

Did you click the ¶ button on the toolbar? What happens if you click it
again?

Read http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm to
understand what's going on.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[DeanH]

The non-printing characters are activated by either clicking the Pilcrow icon
(backwards P), or Ctrl+Shft+8, or selecting the Formatting Marks under Tools,
Options, View dialog.
To learn more about them, see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/NonPrintChars.htm.

Hope this helps
DeanH

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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