Follow the steps below to show and hide formatting marks or non-printing characters in Word: Under the section “Always show these formatting marks on screen,” you can enable one or more formatting ...

Three ways to expose formatting inconsistencies in a Word document Your email has been sent Whether you're sharing new documents or revamping old ones, these three tools can reveal troublesome ...

If you see spots, and paragraph marks, and other formatting characters in your Microsoft Word documents, making them go away is easy. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an ...

Have you ever wanted to develop a document or template around a design you've seen, but you weren't quite sure how to replicate the formatting? You can obtain formatting information by pressing [Shift ...

Peter S. Chamberlain asked for a way, in Microsoft Word, to automatically manage the formatting of “a lot of text.” The Styles feature in Microsoft Word is one of a handful of tools that keep me from ...

Please note: This item is from our archives and was published in 2003. It is provided for historical reference. The content may be out of date and links may no longer function. Q. I like the tip you ...

Microsoft Word shows you your documents exactly as they'll appear on the printed page. However, it doesn't tell you how those documents got that way. That may not sound important, but if you're fixing ...

As a general rule, I recommend using as little direct formatting in Microsoft Word as possible. It’s hard to track and, if you change your mind, you can find yourself with a tedious and time-consuming ...