The button with a paragraph character like a backwards P with an extra riser [ ¶ ]
Where you find it depends on the version of Office you are using. Word 2007 has it located in the Home tab. The symbol looks like a bold backwards P. A shortcut is Ctrl + *.
Click on the paragraph marker on the standard toolbar.Press and hold the Ctrl key and the Shift key and press the 8 key.Go to the Tools menu, pick Options and the click on the View tab, and from there you can click to show the formatting marks you want.
The text and alignment formatting buttons are on the home tab.
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Formatting Marks
Press the show/hide button on the keyboard.
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what do formatting marks look like fir you are going to formatting a tab
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.
It is sometimes called the paragraph marker. The proper name for the ¶ is the pilcrow.
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.
True, you can hide formatting marks such as spaces, tabs, and paragraph marks in word processing software like Microsoft Word. These marks are typically used to denote formatting elements in a document and can be toggled on and off to show or hide them as needed.