This video lesson is from our complete Word tutorial, titled “ Mastering Word Made Easy v.2019 and 365.
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The following video lesson, titled “ Non-Printing Characters,” shows you how to show non-printing characters in Microsoft Word 2016. Show Non-Printing Characters in Word: Video Lesson
To then hide non-printing characters in Word, click the same “Show/Hide Non-Printing Characters” button again. The design by default shows clouds but you can change it or remove it altogether if you like. In Word 2010 or a later version, display the File tab of the ribbon and then click Options.) Click Display at the left side of the dialog box. (In Word 2007 click the Office button and then click Word Options.
I cover how these nonprinting marks can h. To turn off the display of hidden text on the screen, follow these steps: Display the Word Options dialog box. The face of the button looks like the paragraph mark (“¶”).Īfter you click this button, it then appears highlighted to let you know that the function is turned on. This Microsoft Word 2016 tutorial shows you how to display formatting marks and paragraph markers in MS Office 365. Then click the “Show/Hide Non-Printing Characters” button in the “Paragraph” button group. To show non-printing characters in Word, click the “Home” tab in the Ribbon. Sometimes, you may want to show non-printing characters in your Word documents. Simply click OK, and carriage returns have been hidden like below. Find Always show these formatting marks on the screen group, and uncheck the boxes of Paragraph marks and Show all formatting marks. Then check or uncheck the Ruler checkbox in the Show button group to turn the display of the ruler on and off, if available for your currently selected document view. The Word Options dialog box will display, go to Display tab. WordTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Word training. This shortcut key toggles the Show/Hide tool on and off. For example, accidentally selecting a “Tab” character can cause a problem when copying and pasting text from one location to another in a document. To show the ruler in Word or hide it, first select the View tab in the Ribbon. If you are loathe to remove your hands from the keyboard in order to use the mouse, you might want to memorize a quick little shortcut: Ctrl+ (thats the asterisk), which can also be written as Shift+Ctrl+8. This means that they can sometimes cause problems if they are accidentally selected. However, unlike most other characters, you cannot normally see these characters. In this regard, they act like most other keyboard characters keys do. In Word, the “Spacebar,” “Tab,” and “Enter” keys all create characters within your document. You can easily show non-printing characters in Word documents. 2) Click the Show-Hide button on your ribbon’s Home tab to display all the hidden paragraph marks. Select Proofing, then check the box next to Hide spelling errors in this document only and Hide grammar errors in this document only, then click OK.Show Non-Printing Characters in Word: Overview Click the File tab to go to Backstage view, then click Options.Fortunately, Word allows you to hide spelling and grammar errors so the lines will not show up on any computer. Turning off the automatic spelling and grammar checks only applies to your computer, so the lines may still show up when someone else views your document. Under Always show these formatting marks on the screen, select the check box for each formatting mark that you always want to display regardless if the Show/Hide button is turned on or off. If you're sharing a document like a resume with someone, you might not want that person to see the red and blue lines. To hide spelling and grammar errors in a document: If you've turned off the automatic spelling and/or grammar checks, you can still go to the Review tab and click the Spelling & Grammar command to run a new check. For example, if you don't want Word to mark spelling errors, grammar errors, or frequently confused words automatically, simply uncheck the desired option. From here, you have several options to choose from. On the left side of the dialog box, select Proofing.