![]() ![]() Column breaks (depicted as a dotted line with the words “Column Break” in the middle).Section breaks (depicted as a two densely dotted lines with the words “Section Break,” followed by the type of break (Next Page) or (Continuous), in the middle) note that section breaks contain the instructions for the page formatting - margins, headers and footers, page orientation, etc.Page breaks (depicted as a densely dotted line with the words “Page Break” in the middle).Line breaks (depicted as a bent left-pointing arrow).Non-breaking spaces, inserted when you press Ctrl Shift space bar (depicted as a degree symbol).Spaces, inserted when you press the space bar (depicted as dots toward the vertical center of a line).Tab markers, inserted when you press the Tab key (depicted as arrows).The paragraph symbol or pilcrow (which contains formatting codes for the preceding paragraph).There are several different non-printing characters that you can display. Essentially, they serve as markers or signposts that you can use to figure out what’s going on in your document. ![]() The non-printing characters are what Microsoft calls “formatting marks.” They indicate the presence of various types of formatting, but they do not print with the document, even when they are displayed on the screen. ![]() Even in my early post about the paragraph symbol (pilcrow), I didn’t go into details about the non-printing characters: what they are, how to display (and hide) them, how to troubleshoot issues involving them. In earlier posts, I’ve mentioned Word’s “non-printing characters,” but only in passing. More about the non-printing characters in Word (all versions) ![]()
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