I am working on a document and somehow my text is not showing on the page.
If I print the doc it prints correctly, but I need to complete the document.
At the top there is a symbol - {shape\*mergeformat}. What does this mean and
how do I get the original document back so I can finish working on it?

You are currently displaying field codes, instead of field values. Press
Alt-F9.

The field indicates that your text is in an inline drawing shape - probably
a text box.

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I am working on a document and somehow my text is not showing on the page.
If I print the doc it prints correctly, but I need to complete the
document.
At the top there is a symbol - {shape\*mergeformat}. What does this mean
and
how do I get the original document back so I can finish working on it?