View Special Characters and Formatting in Word

Contributor Icon Contributed by davak Date Icon September 19, 2003  
Tag Icon Tagged: Microsoft Word

View special characters and formatting codes in Word


Sometimes Word will just format things oddly and it’s not really clear what is going on. Seeing the formatting codes will really help.

1. Go into the Format menu
2. Click Reveal Formatting
3. Under options in the Reveal Formatting window, select the Show all formatting marks check box.

Do this again to turn it off or just close the Reveal Formatting window.

Shortcut: SHIFT-F1 and then click on your text.

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  • Tony
    Perfect solution, Thank you
  • Rebekah
    beautiful. wish i'd known this trick when i was writing my dissertation
  • petertan
    Word 2007 is different from the earlier version. But if you press <Shift>+<F1>, a window opens. There is a tickbox for 'show formatting'. Just untick it.
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