Get rid of square dots to the left of every heading

[Mister.Fred.Ma]

When I view paragraph marks (backward "P"), every heading paragraph
has a black square dot beside it on the left margin. Is there a way to
get rid of it? It would certainly make things less "noisy". Thanks.

 

[PeterMcC]

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When I view paragraph marks (backward "P"), every heading paragraph
has a black square dot beside it on the left margin. Is there a way to
get rid of it? It would certainly make things less "noisy". Thanks.

Sounds like a "space" formatting marker - have you tried deleting it? It may
well be usefully showing you that you've got an unwanted space at the start
of your heading line.

The individual formatting marks can be turned on or off in
Tools >Options >View >Formatting marks.

 

[Mister.Fred.Ma]

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Sounds like a "space" formatting marker - have you tried deleting it? It may
well be usefully showing you that you've got an unwanted space at the start
of your heading line.

The individual formatting marks can be turned on or off in
Tools >Options >View >Formatting marks.

Yes, I tried those, and the only thing that seems to affect it is the
paragraph markers. Under any circumstances in which I can see
paragraph markers, I can see those distinctly square dots (and under
no other circumstances). They are bigger than the dots used for
spaces (and a bit higher set), they lie outside the text portion of
the paragraph (immediately to the left) and cannot be selected.

Fred

 

[Mister.Fred.Ma]

Yes, I tried those, and the only thing that seems to affect it is the
paragraph markers. Under any circumstances in which I can see
paragraph markers, I can see those distinctly square dots (and under
no other circumstances). They are bigger than the dots used for
spaces (and a bit higher set), they lie outside the text portion of
the paragraph (immediately to the left) and cannot be selected.

Oh, and they only seem to appear beside numbered headings.

 

[PeterMcC]

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Oh, and they only seem to appear beside numbered headings.

Got it!

<quote>
.... you will sometimes see a small black bullet in the margin next to a
paragraph. This indicates that the paragraph is formatted with the “Keep
with next,” “Keep lines together,” “Page break before,” or “Suppress line
numbers” property. These settings are found on the Line and Page Breaks tab
of the Format Paragraph dialog; if you double-click on the “bullet” itself,
you will bring up this dialog with the Line and Page Breaks tab selected.
Word's built-in Heading styles by default are formatted as “Keep with next,”
so you will always see these bullets next to them.
</quote>

From the beautifully titled:

"What do all those funny marks, like the dots between the words in my
document, and the square bullets in the left margin, mean?"

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

 

[Mister.Fred.Ma]

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Got it!

<quote>
... you will sometimes see a small black bullet in the margin next to a
paragraph. This indicates that the paragraph is formatted with the "Keep
with next," "Keep lines together," "Page break before," or "Suppress line
numbers" property. These settings are found on the Line and Page Breaks tab
of the Format Paragraph dialog; if you double-click on the "bullet" itself,
you will bring up this dialog with the Line and Page Breaks tab selected.
Word's built-in Heading styles by default are formatted as "Keep with next,"
so you will always see these bullets next to them.
</quote>

From the beautifully titled:

"What do all those funny marks, like the dots between the words in my
document, and the square bullets in the left margin, mean?"

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

Thanks, Peter. I guess I can't get rid of it.