"Strange" codes in word documents

[Jane Ugilt]

Somehow I have got some codes in some of my word documents. On the screen
they look like either a big capital I or a big square bracket, both in grey.
They do not appear on the printed document.

I have the feeling that it might be from old Word Perfect documents
converted to Word documents, but I am not sure. It seems like I have pushed a
button to make them appear, but which one? I have tried with Alt+F9 with no
result. Also show/hide does not work on this.

 

[Carol]

Perhaps this will help.
See: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=839371

 

[Cooz]

Hi Jane,

They are bookmarks.
Clear Tools | Options... | tab View | Bookmarks to hide 'em.
Experiment a little with Insert | Bookmarks... to see what you can do with
them.

Good luck,
Cooz

 

[Greg Maxey]

Sounds like you are showing bookmarks.

Tools>Options>View>Show>Bookmarks.

 

[Stefan Blom]

What you are describing could be bookmarks. On the Tools menu, click
Options. Click the View tab. Clear the "Bookmarks" option and click
OK.

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Microsoft Word MVP


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[Jane Ugilt]

Thank you, my problem is solved.

"Jane Ugilt" skrev:

 

[Philippe]

I have a similar problem trying to hide several anoying brackets and other
formatting instructions which I can't hide except in full screen reading
example : {TOC \ O} and similar
I tried removing languages but without results
Thanks for your suggestions

 

[Lene Fredborg]

You only need to press Alt+F9 to display field results instead of field
codes. Alt+F9 toggles field codes on and off.

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Best regards
Lene Fredborg
Microsoft MVP (Word)
DocTools - Denmark
http://www.thedoctools.com