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Introduction to ¶ Paragraph Marks in Word

February 19th, 2008 | by Loren |

Paragraph marks are part of the hidden formatting symbols that make up a Word file. Being familiar with them can be valuable in two ways:

  • Troubleshooting problems with a document.
  • A basic understanding of them will give you greater control over the formatting and layout of your documents.

To see the paragraph marks, plus all other hidden code, press the Show/Hide ¶ button in the Paragraph group on the Home tab. The same button will turn them off.

Paragraph marks are part of the hidden formatting code (aka non-printing characters) that makes up a Word document. Every Word document has at least one paragraph mark.

There are two ways to put them into a document:

  • Pushing the Enter key.
  • Double-clicking with the I-shaped pointer anywhere below existing text or objects in a document.

For more on this topic see Using Paragraph Marks to Illustrate the Difference Between Line and Paragraph Spacing in Word.

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