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I am creating some basic documentation and would like the paragraph markers
to print. Someone asked this question in December and was given a link to
follow but the link is broken. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Suzan
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Suzan wrote:
I am creating some basic documentation and would like the paragraph
markers to print. Someone asked this question in December and was
given a link to follow but the link is broken. Any help would be
appreciated. Thanks

Suzan


The real paragraph marks can't be printed, but you can place the visible
character ¶ before each one to fake it.

Open the Replace dialog. In the Find What box, enter the code for a
paragraph mark,

^p

In the Replace with box, first enter the character by holding down the Alt
key while you type 0182 on the number pad (with NumLock turned on). After
that type the code for "the found text", ^& , so the content of the box is

¶^&

Click the Find Next and Replace or Replace All button.

If the last line of any of your paragraphs goes almost to the right margin,
the character might show up on the last line and might take the last word
with it, so your line breaks won't be the same. If you're printing the
documentation, you might be able to fix that by adjusting the paragraph's
right indent.

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You can't make the paragraph marks print, but you can insert a printable
paragraph mark before each nonprinting paragraph mark. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm

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I am creating some basic documentation and would like the paragraph

markers
to print. Someone asked this question in December and was given a link to
follow but the link is broken. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Suzan


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Thanks - it's pretty straight forward. I will be using it a lot. This board
is great!

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"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Suzan wrote:
I am creating some basic documentation and would like the paragraph
markers to print. Someone asked this question in December and was
given a link to follow but the link is broken. Any help would be
appreciated. Thanks

Suzan


The real paragraph marks can't be printed, but you can place the visible
character ¶ before each one to fake it.

Open the Replace dialog. In the Find What box, enter the code for a
paragraph mark,

^p

In the Replace with box, first enter the character by holding down the Alt
key while you type 0182 on the number pad (with NumLock turned on). After
that type the code for "the found text", ^& , so the content of the box is

¶^&

Click the Find Next and Replace or Replace All button.

If the last line of any of your paragraphs goes almost to the right margin,
the character might show up on the last line and might take the last word
with it, so your line breaks won't be the same. If you're printing the
documentation, you might be able to fix that by adjusting the paragraph's
right indent.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org



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