Press that keystroke again, and Word will hide the formatting marks again - this is a useful way to quickly show the formatting marks when you need them, and to hide them right away, so they don't distract you. To show the paragraph marks and formatting symbols in the current document, click on the Home tab of the Ribbon: under the Paragraph block of commands, Word 2007 includes a button with the paragraph symbol (shown on the screenshot).Ĭlick on the button, and your entire document reveals the following previously invisible formatting marks: tab characters, spaces, paragraph marks, hidden text, optional hyphens, and object anchors:Ī quick way to toggle paragraph marks and formatting symbols on or off in Word 2007 is to use the following keyboard shortcut: ' Ctrl+* ' (in other words, hold down the Control key of your keyboard, the Shift key, and press 8). Change orientation to portrait / landscape.
