Paragraph

is there a way to permanently delete the paragraph=20
markers? i.e., if i email a document to someone and don't=20
want them to see these markers, even if they click the=20
show/hide button on their computer? thanks.

-----Original Message-----
Press Ctrl+* or click the Show/Hide =B6 button on the=20
Standard toolbar. For
more, see=20
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org
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"Tejas" wrote in=20
message
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When I open a word document, in the beginning of each
line i see a reverse P (The one u can see when u see the
symbol of paragraph in format - paragraph). Can someone
tell me how to turn that off?
Regards
tejas

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No. They are part of the structure of the Word document. If the recipient
wants to see them that's a matter for him/her.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

Web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word




Chris wrote:
is there a way to permanently delete the paragraph
markers? i.e., if i email a document to someone and don't
want them to see these markers, even if they click the
show/hide button on their computer? thanks.

-----Original Message-----
Press Ctrl+* or click the Show/Hide ¶ button on the Standard
toolbar. For more, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

"Tejas" wrote in message
...
When I open a word document, in the beginning of each
line i see a reverse P (The one u can see when u see the
symbol of paragraph in format - paragraph). Can someone
tell me how to turn that off?
Regards
tejas

.

Hi Chris

No, you can't delete them. Word doesn't work without them. Further, some
people *want* to see them, as explained in the article Suzanne cited -- if
you mess with their view of the document, they'll come after you with a
sharp pencil! :-)

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

Chris wrote:
is there a way to permanently delete the paragraph
markers? i.e., if i email a document to someone and don't
want them to see these markers, even if they click the
show/hide button on their computer? thanks.

-----Original Message-----
Press Ctrl+* or click the Show/Hide ¶ button on the Standard
toolbar. For more, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

"Tejas" wrote in message
...
When I open a word document, in the beginning of each
line i see a reverse P (The one u can see when u see the
symbol of paragraph in format - paragraph). Can someone
tell me how to turn that off?
Regards
tejas

.

As Graham and Jay have said, you can't prevent users from seeing nonprinting
characters if that is their choice--*unless* you send your document as a
PDF. But knowing that the recipient may have nonprinting characters
displayed should be an incentive to you to include as few as possible. By
that I mean that you should never press Enter twice to put a "blank line"
between paragraphs (use Space Before/After instead), never press Tab more
than once to get to a tab stop (always set custom tab stops exactly where
they are needed), remove all excess spaces at the ends of paragraphs and
between sentences, etc.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Chris" wrote in message
...
is there a way to permanently delete the paragraph
markers? i.e., if i email a document to someone and don't
want them to see these markers, even if they click the
show/hide button on their computer? thanks.

-----Original Message-----
Press Ctrl+* or click the Show/Hide ¶ button on the
Standard toolbar. For
more, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups
to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Tejas" wrote in
message
...
When I open a word document, in the beginning of each
line i see a reverse P (The one u can see when u see the
symbol of paragraph in format - paragraph). Can someone
tell me how to turn that off?
Regards
tejas

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