Microsoft Word 2007 - Showing or Hiding Formatting Marks in Word 2007

One great feature that WordPerfect had was "reveal codes"   Reveal Codes enabled you to see your formatting marks in your document and make any necessary corrections.   This feature is available in Word 2007.  The formatting marks will show you spaces, returns, tab characters, and more.

You can enable formatting marks in Word 2007 from the Home ribbon. In the Paragraph section, simply click the paragraph symbol. Clicking it again will disable the formatting marks.

You can also have greater control over the formatting marks you see. For example, you can display just the spaces or tab characters, if you’d like.

1.  Simply follow these steps:

2.  Click the Office button

3.  Click Display

4.  Select the formatting marks you’d like to display

5.  Click OK

To disable the formatting marks, open the options again and deselect the formatting marks you want hidden.