Formatting symbols -- how to get rid of them?

[MamaCats]

I was typing an email message and accidentally struck both the Shift
and Control keys as I worked (at least that's when it seemed to
happen). Suddenly all the paragraph symbols and a dot at every space
showed up. And not just on the email, it's in every text file! I print
out and bind my favorite fan fiction stories, so this is driving me
nuts. I can't proofread text with all these symbols. I've looked in my
copy of Word for Dummies, but can't find anything. Surely there's a
simple command to hide these symbols again. I run Windows XP and Word
97. Can anyone clue me in?

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Click on the ¶ button on your toolbar.

 

[MamaCats]

Thank you, JoAnn! I knew it had to be something simple I wasn't aware
of. It even fixed all my text files.

Click on the ¶ button on your toolbar.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I was typing an email message and accidentally struck both the Shift
and Control keys as I worked (at least that's when it seemed to
happen). Suddenly all the paragraph symbols and a dot at every space
showed up. And not just on the email, it's in every text file! I print
out and bind my favorite fan fiction stories, so this is driving me
nuts. I can't proofread text with all these symbols. I've looked in my
copy of Word for Dummies, but can't find anything. Surely there's a
simple command to hide these symbols again. I run Windows XP and Word
97. Can anyone clue me in?

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

There are other ways to do the same thing but that's the quickest. On the
other hand, I can't work without those non-printing characters turned on. I
can see why my text is doing whatever it's doing. Comes in real handy. ;-)

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




Thank you, JoAnn! I knew it had to be something simple I wasn't aware
of. It even fixed all my text files.

Click on the ¶ button on your toolbar.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I was typing an email message and accidentally struck both the Shift
and Control keys as I worked (at least that's when it seemed to
happen). Suddenly all the paragraph symbols and a dot at every space
showed up. And not just on the email, it's in every text file! I print
out and bind my favorite fan fiction stories, so this is driving me
nuts. I can't proofread text with all these symbols. I've looked in my
copy of Word for Dummies, but can't find anything. Surely there's a
simple command to hide these symbols again. I run Windows XP and Word
97. Can anyone clue me in?