Follow the steps below to show and hide formatting marks or non-printing characters in Word: Under the section “Always show these formatting marks on screen,” you can enable one or more formatting ...

Microsoft Word includes formatting options that allow you to view all types of normally invisible marks, such as spaces, tabs and paragraphs. For instance, instead of having a blank space in place of ...

If you see spots, and paragraph marks, and other formatting characters in your Microsoft Word documents, making them go away is easy. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an ...

Formatting symbols have suddenly appeared on all my Word documents. What did I do? I've tried Help and Wizard but haven't found a way of hiding them. Christine Highmoor, by email It sounds as though ...

The columns feature built into Word enables you to vary the layouts of your documents, but if something goes wrong then it can be difficult to get the end result you want. Switching on hidden ...

We’ve all been there—staring at a Microsoft Word document that just doesn’t look quite right. Maybe the text feels cramped, the formatting is inconsistent, or that image you inserted refuses to stay ...

A reader wants to know why his Microsoft Word has suddenly started sporting a mysterious grid Formatting symbols have suddenly appeared on all my Word documents. What did I do? I've tried Help and ...

Easy tricks for formatting list numbers and bullets in Word Your email has been sent Don't let selection woes get in the way of formatting just the numbers and bullets in a list. Here are two simple ...

Reformat text, apply bullets or a numbered list, hang-indent a paragraph, and make other formatting changes from via keystroke combinations. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as ...