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Useless excess symbols for word
Ok now this is a very noobish question but if you dont know how to change it back (like me) it would cause you allot of grief. Ok on word its in some kind of format where every time I press space back it makes a - symbol. So-every-sentence-looks-like-this. Oh and top of that every line has a big black back to front P So every time I press return for a new line it does this (back to front p put here) (back to front p put here) (back to front p put here) (back to front p put here) very annoying Im using word 2000 -- mrcharman |
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I'm always bemused that people complain when they see ¶ symbols all over their
documents, but they fail to notice the toolbar button that also has a ¶ symbol on it. That's the button that toggles the symbols on and off. It also has a keyboard shortcut of Ctrl+Shift+8. Read http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...PrintChars.htm for an explanation of why you might want to see those symbols. On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 21:22:32 +0000, mrcharman wrote: Ok now this is a very noobish question but if you dont know how to change it back (like me) it would cause you allot of grief. Ok on word its in some kind of format where every time I press space back it makes a - symbol. So-every-sentence-looks-like-this. Oh and top of that every line has a big black back to front P So every time I press return for a new line it does this (back to front p put here) (back to front p put here) (back to front p put here) (back to front p put here) very annoying Im using word 2000 -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Jay
I am amazed that users can work without displaying at least some of the non-printing characters. Now for Word 2009, non-printing characters should be always on when using any editing view with ability to toggle them off only in a Preview (non-editing) mode! (Now where's the address of the wish list g.) Terry "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... I'm always bemused that people complain when they see ¶ symbols all over their documents, but they fail to notice the toolbar button that also has a ¶ symbol on it. That's the button that toggles the symbols on and off. It also has a keyboard shortcut of Ctrl+Shift+8. Read http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...PrintChars.htm for an explanation of why you might want to see those symbols. On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 21:22:32 +0000, mrcharman wrote: Ok now this is a very noobish question but if you dont know how to change it back (like me) it would cause you allot of grief. Ok on word its in some kind of format where every time I press space back it makes a - symbol. So-every-sentence-looks-like-this. Oh and top of that every line has a big black back to front P So every time I press return for a new line it does this (back to front p put here) (back to front p put here) (back to front p put here) (back to front p put here) very annoying Im using word 2000 -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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To go even further, I'm amazed that users can work without text boundaries.
I feel completely at sea when I can't see the limits of the text area, have some visual representation of text boxes (even when not selected), etc. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... Jay I am amazed that users can work without displaying at least some of the non-printing characters. Now for Word 2009, non-printing characters should be always on when using any editing view with ability to toggle them off only in a Preview (non-editing) mode! (Now where's the address of the wish list g.) Terry "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... I'm always bemused that people complain when they see ¶ symbols all over their documents, but they fail to notice the toolbar button that also has a ¶ symbol on it. That's the button that toggles the symbols on and off. It also has a keyboard shortcut of Ctrl+Shift+8. Read http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...PrintChars.htm for an explanation of why you might want to see those symbols. On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 21:22:32 +0000, mrcharman wrote: Ok now this is a very noobish question but if you dont know how to change it back (like me) it would cause you allot of grief. Ok on word its in some kind of format where every time I press space back it makes a - symbol. So-every-sentence-looks-like-this. Oh and top of that every line has a big black back to front P So every time I press return for a new line it does this (back to front p put here) (back to front p put here) (back to front p put here) (back to front p put here) very annoying Im using word 2000 -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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I guess I'm the Philistine in this group -- I do prefer to work in Print Layout
view with the nonprinting characters turned off most of the time, at least while I'm actively writing and concentrating on the words. But nonprints are so easy to turn on and off, and I turn them on whenever my focus is on appearance. On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 10:11:31 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: To go even further, I'm amazed that users can work without text boundaries. I feel completely at sea when I can't see the limits of the text area, have some visual representation of text boxes (even when not selected), etc. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... Jay I am amazed that users can work without displaying at least some of the non-printing characters. Now for Word 2009, non-printing characters should be always on when using any editing view with ability to toggle them off only in a Preview (non-editing) mode! (Now where's the address of the wish list g.) Terry "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... I'm always bemused that people complain when they see ¶ symbols all over their documents, but they fail to notice the toolbar button that also has a ¶ symbol on it. That's the button that toggles the symbols on and off. It also has a keyboard shortcut of Ctrl+Shift+8. Read http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...PrintChars.htm for an explanation of why you might want to see those symbols. On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 21:22:32 +0000, mrcharman wrote: Ok now this is a very noobish question but if you dont know how to change it back (like me) it would cause you allot of grief. Ok on word its in some kind of format where every time I press space back it makes a - symbol. So-every-sentence-looks-like-this. Oh and top of that every line has a big black back to front P So every time I press return for a new line it does this (back to front p put here) (back to front p put here) (back to front p put here) (back to front p put here) very annoying Im using word 2000 -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Me too!
Terry "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... To go even further, I'm amazed that users can work without text boundaries. I feel completely at sea when I can't see the limits of the text area, have some visual representation of text boxes (even when not selected), etc. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... Jay I am amazed that users can work without displaying at least some of the non-printing characters. Now for Word 2009, non-printing characters should be always on when using any editing view with ability to toggle them off only in a Preview (non-editing) mode! (Now where's the address of the wish list g.) Terry "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... I'm always bemused that people complain when they see ¶ symbols all over their documents, but they fail to notice the toolbar button that also has a ¶ symbol on it. That's the button that toggles the symbols on and off. It also has a keyboard shortcut of Ctrl+Shift+8. Read http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...PrintChars.htm for an explanation of why you might want to see those symbols. On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 21:22:32 +0000, mrcharman wrote: Ok now this is a very noobish question but if you dont know how to change it back (like me) it would cause you allot of grief. Ok on word its in some kind of format where every time I press space back it makes a - symbol. So-every-sentence-looks-like-this. Oh and top of that every line has a big black back to front P So every time I press return for a new line it does this (back to front p put here) (back to front p put here) (back to front p put here) (back to front p put here) very annoying Im using word 2000 -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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And me!
"Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... Me too! Terry "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... To go even further, I'm amazed that users can work without text boundaries. I feel completely at sea when I can't see the limits of the text area, have some visual representation of text boxes (even when not selected), etc. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... Jay I am amazed that users can work without displaying at least some of the non-printing characters. Now for Word 2009, non-printing characters should be always on when using any editing view with ability to toggle them off only in a Preview (non-editing) mode! (Now where's the address of the wish list g.) Terry "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... I'm always bemused that people complain when they see ¶ symbols all over their documents, but they fail to notice the toolbar button that also has a ¶ symbol on it. That's the button that toggles the symbols on and off. It also has a keyboard shortcut of Ctrl+Shift+8. Read http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...PrintChars.htm for an explanation of why you might want to see those symbols. On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 21:22:32 +0000, mrcharman wrote: Ok now this is a very noobish question but if you dont know how to change it back (like me) it would cause you allot of grief. Ok on word its in some kind of format where every time I press space back it makes a - symbol. So-every-sentence-looks-like-this. Oh and top of that every line has a big black back to front P So every time I press return for a new line it does this (back to front p put here) (back to front p put here) (back to front p put here) (back to front p put here) very annoying Im using word 2000 -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Jay, Terry, and all:
I'm bemused and amazed and more -- befounded! (Befuddled and dumbfounded.) But after a certain point in the evolution of a document -- say after the figures are in place and cross-referenced, after the index entries have been made, etc. -- I almost always work with everything showing that I can possibly find. Too many cross-references and indexes that contain entire figures, etc. The only exception is the field shading, which I almost always have set to Show When Selected. Bear -- Windows XP, Word 2000 |
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