How do you get rid of paragraph symbols in a word document?

ksexyman · External Since: Jul 05, 2006 Posts: 1

I don't know what buttons I pushed to make this happen, but now whenever I
press the return button in a word document the "paragraph symbol" shows up.
Also, instead of spaces between words, a dash appears. How do I get rid of
this and get back to what I call normal format? Please Help!

Carol · External Since: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 512

What you're referring to are non-printing characters. Just click the pilcrow
(paragraph symbol) on your toolbar. Go to Tools|Options|View and deselect
the options under Formatting marks.
--
Carol A. Bratt, MCP

"ksexyman" wrote:

> I don't know what buttons I pushed to make this happen, but now whenever I
> press the return button in a word document the "paragraph symbol" shows up.
> Also, instead of spaces between words, a dash appears. How do I get rid of
> this and get back to what I call normal format? Please Help!
>

Jay Freedman · External Since: Sep 16, 2003 Posts: 2367

Click the ¶ button on the toolbar. (That's why it has that symbol, the same
as the paragraph mark...) See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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ksexyman wrote:
> I don't know what buttons I pushed to make this happen, but now
> whenever I press the return button in a word document the "paragraph
> symbol" shows up. Also, instead of spaces between words, a dash
> appears. How do I get rid of this and get back to what I call normal
> format? Please Help!

YStress · External Since: Jun 11, 2009 Posts: 1

Merely clicking the 'paragraph mark' does not always deselect this feature.
There are times you may need to go into Tools/Options/Formatting Marks &
deselect the check box next to paragraph.

Careful not to assume Jay Freedman

Shari

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

> Click the Â¶ button on the toolbar. (That's why it has that symbol, the same
> as the paragraph mark...) See
> http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
> all may benefit.
>
>
> ksexyman wrote:
> > I don't know what buttons I pushed to make this happen, but now
> > whenever I press the return button in a word document the "paragraph
> > symbol" shows up. Also, instead of spaces between words, a dash
> > appears. How do I get rid of this and get back to what I call normal
> > format? Please Help!
>
>
>

Thanks Carol, you have re · External Since: Oct 10, 2009 Posts: 1

"Carol" wrote:

> What you're referring to are non-printing characters. Just click the pilcrow
> (paragraph symbol) on your toolbar. Go to Tools|Options|View and deselect
> the options under Formatting marks.
> --
> Carol A. Bratt, MCP
>
>
>
> "ksexyman" wrote:
>
> > I don't know what buttons I pushed to make this happen, but now whenever I
> > press the return button in a word document the "paragraph symbol" shows up.
> > Also, instead of spaces between words, a dash appears. How do I get rid of
> > this and get back to what I call normal format? Please Help!
> >