symbols

[BitchKimmPossible]

I am using a table in microsoft word (Office XP) for
some reason there appeared in each cell of my table a
symbol It looks like a small circle inside of a small
square. Does anyone know what this symbol means? Or how
I can get it outta my table? Thanks for any help

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Interesting choice of anonym! ;-) What you're seeing is the table end-of-cell mark. The mark doesn't print, but AFAIK there is no way to turn off display of the end-of-cell mark in a table.

 

[Greg Maxey]

There is always the option to toggle off the display of non-printing
characters CTRL+Shift+*

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Hi, Greg. I just tried that, and it doesn't turn off the table
end-of-cell mark.

 

[Chad DeMeyer]

In Tools>Options>View, there are (at least in my version) 6 choices for
viewing of formatting (non-printing) characters. If either 'Paragraph
marks' or 'All' is checked, end-of-cell and end-of-row markers will display.
So if you had everything checked on the View tab rather than just All, and
did CTRL+Shift+* (or clicked the toolbar button), you would still see these
because that command only toggles the 'All' setting without affecting the
other five.

Regards,
Chad

 

[Greg Maxey]

gno,

Do your pilcrow (paragraph marks) toggle off when you CTRL+Shift+* ? If no,
Tools>Options>View>Formatting Marks and uncheck "Paragraph marks." End of
cell markers display is also dependent on this setting.

 

[Pat Garard]

G'Day BitchKimmPossible,

Acknowledgements to previous contributors.....

In summary (for now):
Tools > Options
View (Tab)
Formatting marks (Section half-way down)
Tab characters UNcheck
Spaces UNcheck
Paragraph Marks UNcheck
Hidden Text UNcheck
Optional hyphens UNcheck
All CHECK

Use CTRL+*, which is the same as CTRL+SHIFT+8, to
turn all these ON or OFF.

You can also use the "¶" button on the Standard toolbar.

Later on you can change the check boxes to taste.
--
Regards,
Pat Garard
Australia

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[garfield-n-odie]

Hi, Greg. You guessed it... I always run with spaces, tabs, and
paragraph marks visible, so Ctrl+Shift+* doesn't turn off the
end-of-cell marks for me. I didn't realize the paragraph marks were
related to the end-of-cell marks, but it does make sense now that you
mention it.