[Solved] How to delete formatting symbol on page
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[Solved] How to delete formatting symbol on page
I must have hit a control by mistake, but there is a "flashing symbol" that looks like a lower leterr "P" BACKWARDS. As a consequence there dots between every word I type. How do delte his symbol to restore a clean new page.
Last edited by Hagar Delest on Mon May 10, 2021 7:32 am, edited 2 times in total.
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Reason: Tagged [Solved]; add green tick
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.3
Windows 10
Windows 10
Re: HOW TO DELTE FORMATING SYMBOL ON PAGE
Use View | Non-printing Characters or Ctrl+F10 to toggle display of non-printing characters.
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David
OS - Slackware 15 64 bit
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15
LibreOffice 24.2.1.2; SlackBuild for 24.2.1 by Eric Hameleers
David
OS - Slackware 15 64 bit
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15
LibreOffice 24.2.1.2; SlackBuild for 24.2.1 by Eric Hameleers
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Re: HOW TO DELTE FORMATING SYMBOL ON PAGE
Thank you so much. You might be amused and surprised how many tears and knashing of teeth I've suffered over this problem.I just inputed Ctrl+F10, and the offending character disappeared. Thanks again
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.3
Windows 10
Windows 10
Re: HOW TO DELTE FORMATING SYMBOL ON PAGE
It is surprising how often this question is asked in various ways, and answered, here.
Cheers
David
OS - Slackware 15 64 bit
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15
LibreOffice 24.2.1.2; SlackBuild for 24.2.1 by Eric Hameleers
David
OS - Slackware 15 64 bit
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15
LibreOffice 24.2.1.2; SlackBuild for 24.2.1 by Eric Hameleers
Re: [Solved] How to delete formatting symbol on page
It is important to stress that this display does not print. Many using Writer for serious formatting will choose to have it on all the time - this can speedily help sort out minor formatting irregularities - but to use it or not is a personal choice.
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15 on Xubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
Re: [Solved] How to delete formatting symbol on page
I'm surprised to see that anybody wants to turn this off.
Please, edit this topic's initial post and add "[Solved]" to the subject line if your problem has been solved.
Ubuntu 18.04 with LibreOffice 6.0, latest OpenOffice and LibreOffice
Ubuntu 18.04 with LibreOffice 6.0, latest OpenOffice and LibreOffice
Re: [Solved] How to delete formatting symbol on page
This is because they are concentrating on appearance, not on content and structure. It takes a while to mentally discount the extra information from the new view. It is like users who expect their document to be onscreen at exactly the same size as the printed output.Villeroy wrote:I'm surprised to see that anybody wants to turn this off.
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15 on Xubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
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Re: [Solved] How to delete formatting symbol on page
I've never been able to get accustomed to that. Can't mentally ignore these marks and must switch this view off.
LibreOffice 7.6.2.1 on Xubuntu 23.10 and 7.6.4.1 portable on Windows 10
Re: [Solved] How to delete formatting symbol on page
I find them very obtrusive in the light blue on LibreOffice; I'm used to them in black on OpenOffice, so stay with that.Hagar Delest wrote:I've never been able to get accustomed to that. Can't mentally ignore these marks and must switch this view off.
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