There are also extra lines mentioning both a section break and page break which were invisible before. Once the pilcrow ¶ button has been enabled the page should look like this:Īs you can see, there are now hidden formatting symbols shown.

To enable the 'show hidden formatting symbols' you can click this button found in the Home tab: Here we have a standard document before the Pilcrow is enabled:įor instance, in the example above there are several types of breaks used in the text, which are totally invisible to us at this stage. As well as to see clearer where you are entering hidden formatting yourself. However, you can enable this view to check what formatting is in use on a pre-existing document so you can replicate it or modify it. While your typing your document, generally the pilcrow (¶) shouldn't be enabled by default. Basically, any formatting that's not applied to text directly.The following formatting options have no visibility unless the ¶ button is selected: These instructions, along with illustrations and instructions for additional features of Conditional Formatting for Message Lists, can also be found in SharePoint > Software Users Group > Shared Documents > Word > Hiding-Unhiding Text.Displaying hidden formatting Word has many formatting symbols which are not immediately obvious and are hidden from view by default. In the Font dialog box, click the 'Hidden' checkbox in the 'Effects' section until it is no longer selected. Highlight all the text in the entire document.ģ. NOTE: If you have the Show/Hide feature turned on then the text will not disappear off of the screen but rather it will have dotted lines underneath what is hidden.ġ. In the Font dialog box, click the 'Hidden' checkbox in the 'Effects' section. On the 'Home' tab, in the 'Font' group, click the dialog box launcher.ģ. Highlight the text that you would like to hide.Ģ. You have the ability to hide the text from printing, but still see it on the screen so you know what was stated.ġ. You may need to make a shorter version of it or provide a slightly less detailed document. There are times in which it may be pertinent to hide text in a Word Document.

Using hidden text in word