I would like to show the formatting marks in red so they stand out. I can do
a find for a particular mark and replace the formatting (color) for each
instance automatically. But is there any way to do this for ALL formatting
marks?

Hi hmm...

What do you mean by "formatting marks"? Tabs, paragraph marks and such?

If so, you cannot give tabs a red color in such a way that the color is
visible. You can give tabs a red highlight, but I cannot imagine why you
would want to do that since the highlight will be printed as well.

Paragraph marks can have a foreground (font) color, but can't be highlighted.
So: no, there is no way to do this for ALL formatting marks?

Good luck,
Cooz
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"hmm" wrote:

I would like to show the formatting marks in red so they stand out. I can do
a find for a particular mark and replace the formatting (color) for each
instance automatically. But is there any way to do this for ALL formatting
marks?

If you're really determined, this can be done with Find and Replace. Search
for a space, tab (^t), or paragraph mark (^p) and replace with ^& (Find What
Text), formatted as Font color: Red.

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"hmm" wrote in message
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I would like to show the formatting marks in red so they stand out. I can
do
a find for a particular mark and replace the formatting (color) for each
instance automatically. But is there any way to do this for ALL
formatting
marks?

You can format a tab as red but it still appears as black on the screen - at
least it does on mine.

I must also add that any technique of doing this is not formatting the marks
themselves - it is formatting the underlying document and not really
advisable.

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Enjoy,
Tony

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
If you're really determined, this can be done with Find and Replace.
Search
for a space, tab (^t), or paragraph mark (^p) and replace with ^& (Find
What
Text), formatted as Font color: Red.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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so
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"hmm" wrote in message
...
I would like to show the formatting marks in red so they stand out. I
can
do
a find for a particular mark and replace the formatting (color) for each
instance automatically. But is there any way to do this for ALL
formatting
marks?

I confess I tested only with spaces. It doesn't work here with tabs, either.
Interestingly, although you can select a paragraph mark and apply a font
color, the replace operation doesn't do this. I agree that this is not
advisable, though, and formatting paragraph marks is especially inadvisable
because it will affect autonumbering.

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Tony Jollans" My Forename at My Surname dot com wrote in message
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You can format a tab as red but it still appears as black on the screen -
at
least it does on mine.

I must also add that any technique of doing this is not formatting the
marks
themselves - it is formatting the underlying document and not really
advisable.

--
Enjoy,
Tony

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
If you're really determined, this can be done with Find and Replace.
Search
for a space, tab (^t), or paragraph mark (^p) and replace with ^& (Find
What
Text), formatted as Font color: Red.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"hmm" wrote in message
...
I would like to show the formatting marks in red so they stand out. I
can
do
a find for a particular mark and replace the formatting (color) for
each
instance automatically. But is there any way to do this for ALL
formatting
marks?