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#SHOW HIDE SYMBOLS IN WORD 2010 WINDOWS#
If the Alt, Ctrl, or Shift keys seem like they are locked, you may have activated the Windows Accessibility option called Sticky Keys. Remember that Microsoft changes the appearance of the ribbon based on the width of the. You can see what the button looks like turned on and off in the next image. You can toggle them on and off by clicking Home Paragraph Show/Hide. In the Word Options dialog box, open the Display tab and then check or uncheck options as you like: See A perfect text alignment using tabs and Setting tabs using the Tabs dialog box. On the File tab, click the Options button: 2. The Alt, Ctrl, or Shift key seems to be locked First a definition: those characters are the invisible, non-printing characters that make your document readable. To show or hide specific nonprintable symbols, do the following: 1. This is a toggle switch, so press the keyboard shortcut again to switch back to your default language settings.įor more about this topic, see Add or Change an Input Languagefrom.

If Microsoft Windows International Support is installed on your system, you can accidentally change the language settings by typing the keyboard shortcut, left Alt + Shift or right Alt + Shift. Keyboard suddenly types in a different language Once you see them, it is easy to delete the extra characters and clean up your document. You can often find stray spaces, line breaks, carriage returns, and tabs that you didn’t know were there. Tip: If you have problems with your layout (“I can’t make Word do what I want it to do!”), show the formatting marks. (In previous versions of Microsoft Word, Show/Hide is located on the Standard toolbar.) If you don’t like using keyboard shortcuts, in Word 2007-2013, Show/Hide is located on the Home tab in the Paragraph group. This is a toggle, so if you want to hide the marks, press the keyboard shortcut again. The keyboard shortcut to Show/Hide formatting marks is Ctrl+*. The Show/Hide formatting marks button on the Home tab The characters don’t print so they will not not ruin your layout. This often startles new users because weird characters suddenly show up in the document and the layout appears to be broken. You may have activated the Show/Hide Formatting Marks feature in Microsoft Word by accidentally pressing the keyboard shortcut while you were typing.

Then just click it on the Standard toolbar to turn it on. Keyboard Suddenly Types in a Different Language To turn on the show/hide button, first use the Recommended Settings to be sure you can see the button.Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information. Please Note: Since the web site is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice.

(File> Word Options>Display>Check/Uncheck Show These Formatting Marks ) We may show/hide the non-printing character. In tables you will see one additional character, the universal monetary symbol (¤), which displays variously at various point sizes and magnifications but upon close inspection is seen to be a circle with four lines radiating from the corners More accurately control the look of your document and what it contains. You can quickly tell, for instance, when you have inserted two spaces between words or added an extra carriage return. As far as I know, the non printing character is much easier to understand spacing when the characters are displayed.
