How to Hide Formatting Marks in Microsoft Word 2003

Microsoft Word 2003 includes countless formatting features that give you the freedom to edit and customize a document. One feature is the ability to display all formatting marks, allowing you to view symbols for every space, paragraph, tab and more. This can come in handy when attempting to streamline a document. But the feature also can give a jumbled appearance to your document. Fortunately, you can disable formatting marks at any time.

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  Click the "View" menu.

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  Hold your mouse over "Toolbars."

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  Click "Formatting" to place a check next to it. The "View" menu will close, and a "Formatting" button will appear in the toolbar.

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  Click the "Formatting" button, resembling a paragraph symbol, in the toolbar to hide formatting marks.