# How do I get rid of the paragraph/line&page break characters in MS Word?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 18, 2008, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-the-paragraph-line-page-break-characters-in-ms-word/438078 "2008-02-18T07:12:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-the-paragraph-line-page-break-characters-in-ms-word/438078/1 "2008-02-18T07:12:33Z")

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I’m typing on MS Word 2003 and something I’ve done has made every space advance, paragraph/page/line break, and other punctuation or movement show up. I’ve done this before but I can’t remember even what to call them. It’s Word 2003 as opposed to the new monster 2007.

Thanks-  
J

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-the-paragraph-line-page-break-characters-in-ms-word/438078/2 "2008-02-18T07:26:56Z")

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Ah, okay, I figured it out. Just click the ¶ button on the toolbar.

Thanks anyway. Thread can be closed if need be.

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-the-paragraph-line-page-break-characters-in-ms-word/438078/3 "2008-02-18T07:28:21Z")

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Under the View Tab in the Options Menu (under Tools), there are a bunch of check boxes for showing Formatting Marks. Uncheck the ones you don’t want.

Edit: …or do that.