Hello,

Windows XPP SP2
Office 2003 SP1


Just a quick question.

When using styles in Word, there is a style area that can be set in the marging of the display. But, to the right of the style area, in the very left of the display, there are little black squares (whatever they are called) showing up. I've looked around but not found any further info on these, but I think that they indicate an original style has been modified. I don't even know what they are called.

But now I've also got thin tildes (~) showing in some paragraphs, above the little squares. What function do these tildes have, and what are they called (to enable me to find more information).

Best regards



Eric G
Stockholm, Sweden

I know nothing about the tildes, but for the black squares, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm

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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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"Eric G" wrote in message
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Hello,

Windows XPP SP2
Office 2003 SP1


Just a quick question.

When using styles in Word, there is a style area that can be set in the
marging of the display. But, to the right of the style area, in the very
left of the display, there are little black squares (whatever they are
called) showing up. I've looked around but not found any further info on
these, but I think that they indicate an original style has been modified. I
don't even know what they are called.

But now I've also got thin tildes (~) showing in some paragraphs, above the
little squares. What function do these tildes have, and what are they called
(to enable me to find more information).

Best regards



Eric G
Stockholm, Sweden

Suzanne,

Many thanks for the reference, your explanation was spot on - as usual.

My tildes sit straight above the black square, so to say at the very top of the row, and appeared after I copied some text from one document to another. I've never seen them before, but no to worry, one day I'll learn about them as well.

Once again, many thanks for your help.

Best regards,




Eric G
Stockholm, Sweden
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ...
I know nothing about the tildes, but for the black squares, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm

--
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.

"Eric G" wrote in message
...
Hello,

Windows XPP SP2
Office 2003 SP1


Just a quick question.

When using styles in Word, there is a style area that can be set in the
marging of the display. But, to the right of the style area, in the very
left of the display, there are little black squares (whatever they are
called) showing up. I've looked around but not found any further info on
these, but I think that they indicate an original style has been modified. I
don't even know what they are called.

But now I've also got thin tildes (~) showing in some paragraphs, above the
little squares. What function do these tildes have, and what are they called
(to enable me to find more information).

Best regards



Eric G
Stockholm, Sweden