How do i get rid of this weird symbol at the end of each line Rcdracer 12/10/2008 8:10:04 PM It looks like a weird backwards "P" and it only shows up when i hit enter and instead of there being a space when i hit the space bar it puts a dot.

Re: How do i get rid of this weird symbol at the end of each line "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman[ at ]verizon.net> 12/10/2008 9:07:12 PM Rcdracer wrote: [Quoted Text] > It looks like a weird backwards "P" and it only shows up when i hit > enter and instead of there being a space when i hit the space bar it > puts a dot. I'm fascinated by the number of people who don't associate the ¶ symbol on the document (which is a paragraph mark) with the ¶ button on the toolbar. Click that button, which turns the marks on and off. See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm to find out what all the marks are for. -- 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.

Re: How do i get rid of this weird symbol at the end of each line grammatim <grammatim[ at ]verizon.net> 12/10/2008 11:48:16 PM But then don't come back complaining that Word keeps printing an extra page at the end of your document -- by far the most common reason for that is that a bunch of empty paragraphs have collected at the end of the document, spilling over onto a new page. It makes sense always to have Paragraph Marks and Tabs showing (you turn each category on/off in Options, which is in different places in different versions). On Dec 10, 4:07 pm, "Jay Freedman" <jay.freed...[ at ]verizon.net> wrote: [Quoted Text] > Rcdracer wrote: > > It looks like a weird backwards "P" and it only shows up when i hit > > enter and instead of there being a space when i hit the space bar it > > puts a dot. > > I'm fascinated by the number of people who don't associate the ¶ symbol on > the document (which is a paragraph mark) with the ¶ button on the toolbar. > Click that button, which turns the marks on and off. Seehttp://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htmto find out what > all the marks are for. > > -- > 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.

Re: How do i get rid of this weird symbol at the end of each line RobG <robgbne[ at ]gmail.com> 12/11/2008 2:20:58 AM On Dec 11, 9:48 am, grammatim <gramma...[ at ]verizon.net> wrote: [...] [Quoted Text] > It makes sense always to have Paragraph Marks and Tabs showing I disagree. Turn them on from time to time as required, but editing or reading with them turned on is a pain. It would be nice if there was an option to change their colour so they could be change to something less obtrusive - say to a pale pink or blue (as in WordPro) - but there isn't. -- Rob

Re: How do i get rid of this weird symbol at the end of each line grammatim <grammatim[ at ]verizon.net> 12/11/2008 4:28:52 AM On Dec 10, 9:20 pm, RobG <robg...[ at ]gmail.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > On Dec 11, 9:48 am, grammatim <gramma...[ at ]verizon.net> wrote: > [...] > > > It makes sense always to have Paragraph Marks and Tabs showing > > I disagree.  Turn them on from time to time as required, but editing > or reading with them turned on is a pain.  It would be nice if there > was an option to change their colour so they could be change to > something less obtrusive - say to a pale pink or blue (as in WordPro) > - but there isn't. If they're always on, situations where it would be "required" to do so wouldn't arise. It's often _very_ important to know whether your indent is a true paragraph indent or a tab. A 50% color would indeed be an improvement.

Re: How do i get rid of this weird symbol at the end of each line "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 12/11/2008 4:35:33 AM In Mac versions they are in fact grey. I agree this would probably be an improvement (but perhaps even more confusing to users?). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "grammatim" <grammatim[ at ]verizon.net> wrote in message news:0e343c1b-cc20-4b16-bcd7-42284b93e344[ at ]f3g2000vbf.googlegroups.com... On Dec 10, 9:20 pm, RobG <robg...[ at ]gmail.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > On Dec 11, 9:48 am, grammatim <gramma...[ at ]verizon.net> wrote: > [...] > > > It makes sense always to have Paragraph Marks and Tabs showing > > I disagree. Turn them on from time to time as required, but editing > or reading with them turned on is a pain. It would be nice if there > was an option to change their colour so they could be change to > something less obtrusive - say to a pale pink or blue (as in WordPro) > - but there isn't. If they're always on, situations where it would be "required" to do so wouldn't arise. It's often _very_ important to know whether your indent is a true paragraph indent or a tab. A 50% color would indeed be an improvement.