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How To Tell What View?

by yawni Nov 24, 2004 9:10AM PST

In Office 97 my doc files all have paragraph marks and dots between the words...seems like formatting stuff. How can I get rid of this stuff and stop it from changing all my Office 95 files? Thanks.
-yawni-

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Re: How To Tell What View?
by ChuckT Nov 24, 2004 3:15PM PST

I suppose you are talking about Word documents (Office encompasses Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. files).

On the Standard toolbar click the "Show/Hide" button, it looks like a backwards "P" (it is a Paragraph mark or otherwise known as the Pilcrow sign

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Re: How To Tell What View?
by yawni Dec 12, 2004 3:19PM PST

ChuckT:

Ahh, yesss..the old Pilcrow sign...

The office assistant just popped up and said I had "hidden text" in my "word" .doc and gave me the "pilcrow ornamentation", etc., without warning...

Anyway, now, I have located the tools>options>>view info and played around with it.

Great how a little knowledge can curb one's anxiety.

Thanks for your help!

-yawni-

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Re: How To Tell What View?
by Kees Bakker Nov 24, 2004 4:03PM PST

Yawni,

That's a setting you chose (it's not the default setting). Personally I like it and always use it. Especially viewing the tabs is indispensable to get things right.

But if you don't like it, go to Tools>Options>View and check and uncheck the settings until they are what you prefer. You'll read everything on it (for Office 97, indeed) on www.unt.edu/training/Word97/Word97-options.htm


Kees

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Re: How To Tell What View?
by yawni Dec 12, 2004 3:05PM PST

Kees:
Thanks so much.
The Office Assistant just popped up and told me I had "hidden text" in my document and applied this view, so, I had no idea where it came from or even what it was.
Now, that I've backtracked to the Tools-Options-View and played around, I see how this feature could be helpful, and I'll try it . Then, I'll be off to the "training" website for more on the basics I'm, obviously, missing.
Thanks again!
-yawni-

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