Then, check each of the symbols you want visible when you click the Show hidden formatting symbols and paragraph marks button in the Ribbon. The last checkbox, ' Show all formatting marks', is checked by default: to only show some formatting symbols or paragraph marks, uncheck it. Once in front of the Word Options dialog, click on the Display options and settings: under Always show these formatting marks on the screen, Word lists each of the formatting symbols next to a checkbox.

(The letter ' O' was already taken for Open - thus the counter-intuitive keystroke). Microsoft Word comes with the formatting marks feature in which the formatting marks reveal spaces, tabs, and paragraph breaks in your document. Formatting marks in Word is a very useful feature for aligning your Word document into an organized structure. Quickly open Word Options dialog in Word 2007 with a keyboard shortcut: press Alt+F to open the Office menu, and then press ' i'. Microsoft Word as we all know has been the most used Word processing application worldwide. To configure the formatting mark options in Word 2007, click on the Office menu (the Office logo button in the top left corner of Word's main window), and click Word Options. Customize the formatting symbols Word 2007 displaysД«y default, Word shows all formatting symbols available when you turn on the feature: but it is possible to selectively configure which symbols or marks should appear. To hide the formatting symbols and paragraph marks, simply click the same button once more. Press that keystroke again, and Word will hide the formatting marks again - this is a useful way to quickly show the formatting marks when you need them, and to hide them right away, so they don't distract you. To show the paragraph marks and formatting symbols in the current document, click on the Home tab of the Ribbon: under the Paragraph block of commands, Word 2007 includes a button with the paragraph symbol (shown on the screenshot).Д¬lick on the button, and your entire document reveals the following previously invisible formatting marks: tab characters, spaces, paragraph marks, hidden text, optional hyphens, and object anchors:ДЄ quick way to toggle paragraph marks and formatting symbols on or off in Word 2007 is to use the following keyboard shortcut: ' Ctrl+* ' (in other words, hold down the Control key of your keyboard, the Shift key, and press 8). Change orientation to portrait / landscape.

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