
(Tools > Options > View), select Tab characters & paragraphs from the Non printing characters Always have the paragraph marks displayed. Paragraph marks contain most of the information used by Word to control fonts, formatting, tabs stops, lines, boxes, shading, styles, picture locations, line spacing, numbering and much more. The paragraph is a character just like all the others and therefore has a font, colour, paragraph spacing etc and can also be cut, copies and pasted just like all the other characters. You can enter a paragraph mark into a document by pressing Enter. The number of paragraph marks in a document is equal to the number of paragraphs in the document.
#Word formatting marks chart plus
If spaces are instead of a tab to format the text, you'll see the space characters, mentioned above.In Word the definition of a paragraph is the paragraph mark plus all the characters that precede the paragraph mark up to but not including the previous paragraph mark. If there are multiple tabs, you'll have multiple arrows. TabĪny tab in a document will be represented by an arrow pointing to the right ( tab marker), as shown in the picture. The picture to the left is an example of a single space between the 'A' and 'B' characters. These marks help with identifying two spaces instead of one and a tab created using spaces instead of a tab. The space character is the most common formatting marks and is represented as a single dot in place of each space in a document. If you want to drop down a line, but not end a paragraph, press Shift+ Enter to create a line break in the paragraph. The paragraph continues until Enter is pressed again. By default, when pressing the Enter, Microsoft Word and most other programs create a new paragraph. The paragraph mark or pilcrow follows any new paragraph in a document. To delete pagination breaks, move your cursor in front of the page break mark and press the Del. There is also a column and section break. Below, is a picture and an example of a page break mark. Pagination breaksĪ page break that is inserted manually into the document is shown when formatting marks are enabled. The same symbol is found on the Enter key on many computer keyboards. The image to the left shows that the line break resembles a symbol of an arrow pointing down and to the left. Line breaksĪ line break is a break in the current line of text that doesn't create a new paragraph and is often done using the shortcut Shift+ Enter. To create a new field code, press Ctrl+ F9, and to toggle the display of field codes, press Alt+ F9. For example, to display the updated current date in a document, use the field code.
#Word formatting marks chart code
Field codeĪ field code is a command or code that instructs Microsoft Word to insert special items, such as the current date, current page number, or custom graphics. These look like a dash with a small line extending down on the right side (shown left). Conditional hyphenĪny hyphen not entered manually entered is shown as a conditional hyphen mark. Types of formatting marksīelow, is a list of the different formatting marks you'll see when enabled with a brief description. Check the View drop-down menu (Microsoft Word 2003 and earlier) or the Home tab (Microsoft Word 2007 and later) for an option to display the formatting marks button. If the formatting marks button is not visible in your toolbar, you can change this setting. The formatting marks feature can also be enabled or disabled by clicking the paragraph symbol in the toolbar, as shown in the picture. With Microsoft programs that support formatting marks press the Ctrl+ * ( Ctrl+ Shift+ 8) shortcut key to enable and disable formatting marks.
