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It is easier to edit document when formatting marks are visible. It also shows you how things have been laid out. It can highlight errors in the layout and these can be corrected. For example, people often use spaces to push text to the centre of a line. With the formatting marks off you won't know have they done that or used the alignment settings, which is the proper way. You can also see things like where people have used tabs or not.
As a general rule, you should not use the spacebar to align things as it can cause problems. For example, if you change the size of the font, or the margins, things won't always stay where they are. If the font was increased, that will have the effect of making each space bigger, so something that was in the middle, will be pushed further across. If you use the alignment options to put it into the middle, then adjusting sizes of fonts or margins will not put things out of place. So by having the formatting marks on, you can see those kinds of things and fix them by using the correct kind of formatting to position things.
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What does formatting marks mean?
Formatting marks are non-printing characters, such as spaces, tabs, and paragraph marks, used to layout and format text in documents. They are not displayed when printing or viewing the document but are visible in the document editing mode to help users understand the structure of the content.
What do you see in the document window when the show hide button is active?
Formatting Marks
How are formatting marks useful when editing document?
It is easier to edit document when formatting marks are visible. It also shows you how things have been laid out. It can highlight errors in the layout and these can be corrected. For example, people often use spaces to push text to the centre of a line. With the formatting marks off you won't know have they done that or used the alignment settings, which is the proper way. You can also see things like where people have used tabs or not.As a general rule, you should not use the spacebar to align things as it can cause problems. For example, if you change the size of the font, or the margins, things won't always stay where they are. If the font was increased, that will have the effect of making each space bigger, so something that was in the middle, will be pushed further across. If you use the alignment options to put it into the middle, then adjusting sizes of fonts or margins will not put things out of place. So by having the formatting marks on, you can see those kinds of things and fix them by using the correct kind of formatting to position things.
Do formatting marks print?
No, formatting marks such as spaces, tabs, and line breaks do not typically print on a physical copy of a document. These marks are used by word processors to display and format text on screen, but they are not meant to be part of the printed output.
What are formatting marks you insert in a document to show the end of a section?
show and hide button
By default formatting marks will print on your document?
No, they are not printed by default. They are only used for styling/designing document as a help for you. Even if they are on when you print, they will not be printed.It is possible in the printing options to get them to print if you wanted to, but this is rarely done. Someone teaching Microsoft Word to people might do this to demonstrate the formatting marks and give the students a printed document that shows different ones.
What do formatting marks look like for computer?
what do formatting marks look like fir you are going to formatting a tab
When formatting marks are in display a Manual page break is indicated in the document by a?
dotted line with the words Page Break in the middle of the line
When formatting marks are displayed a manual page break is indicated in the document by a?
dotted line with the words Page Break in the middle of the line
Character that displays on the screen but isn't visible in a printed document?
A __________ mark is sometimes called a nonprinting character because it can be displayed on the screen but is not visible on a printed document.
What is a formatting language that marks text with a set of tags that define the structure and behavior of a Web document?
The body element indicates structure and content.
Do formatting marks display in print preview?
Formatting marks only appear in the print preview option when you enable them in your settings. They do not, however, print on paper.
