That said, this is how you can get rid of any paragraph markers and other hidden formatting symbols that are showing up within your document when they are not supposed to. In the same way, you can choose to show other hidden symbols in your Word documents.īecause the Ctrl + Shift + 8 shortcut is so easy to learn and use, I don’t recommend turning on your paragraph symbols or other hidden symbols using the Display tab in the Word Options dialog box. On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click Replace : Or click Ctrl+H. By default, the symbols will be removed from the whole document. If you have the paragraph symbol selected in this dialog box, it means that they will display in all of your Word documents. In other words, with the Paragraph Symbol selected in the Word Options dialog box, the Show/Hide ¶ command will not work for you for getting rid of these formatting symbols. Select the text in which you want to remove symbols. that format, and is ending up on labels, that should be OK.

Click Options at the bottom of the File tab Im still not 100 sure why you need to alter the data - if it is in.

Then you need to go to 'Word Options' tab and click on the 'Proofing'.If using the Show/Hide ¶ command did not work for you, then you will need to unselect the paragraph symbol in the Word Options dialog box to get rid of your paragraph symbols.

Open the specific word document on your computer. Follow the steps below to show and hide formatting marks in Word: To show the formatting marks, click the File tab.

You can also show the squiggly lines for grammar and spelling on your document by following the steps discussed below. There is also a keyboard shortcut, Ctrl+*.

If you wish to show the paragraph marks on the word document then you must click on the 'Show/Hide' button in the Paragraph section of the 'Home' tab.

Click on the 'Home' tab on the specific document.Open the word document on your computer.You will also be able to show the paragraph marks using the default settings. Show the paragraph marks on your document

Remove paragraph and other formatting symbols using show. Tip: Instead of above two steps you can also use Keyboard shortcut Ctrl + to toggle between show/hide formatting marks. Click (Show/Hide Formatting Marks) button in Paragraph Group. If you are considering showing all the marks of formatting then you must check the box beside the 'Show all formatting marks' option. Steps to hides Paragraph () and other formatting symbols in Ms Word are.

Under the 'Always show these formatting marks on the screen' section, select the marks that you wish to display. After clicking on the ' Word Options' button, click Display tab.

Remove word formatting marks