From the Tools menu, select Options and then go to the View tab and uncheck
the "Tab characters" item in the "Formatting marks" section of the dialog.

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"Darren" wrote in message
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Every time I press the tab button in a Word document the text moves to the
appropriate tab stop, but a visible arrow is also inserted. How do I get
rid
of this? Thank-you.