Options – See hidden text

To see section breaks, paragraph breaks, page breaks, tabs and spaces:

1. Click on the File tab.

2. Click on the Options option (at the bottom left).

3. In the left pane of the Word Options dialog box, select the Display option.

4. In the right pane, under the second heading, Always show these formatting marks on the screen, tick the box on the left of Show all formatting marks.

5. Do this whenever you are troubleshooting.

TIP  You can quickly toggle this option on or off by clicking the Show/Hide icon (which depicts a paragraph break symbol [called a pilcrow] – ¶) in the Paragraph group of the Home tab (or pressing the shortcut, Ctrl+shift+8).

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