Very occasionally, when using Word over the last n years, I have found small square characters* placed before the left margin at the front of lines followed by a very little white space. These look like bullet points, but aren't.
a) what are they called, and why/how do they appear?
b) how can they be removed?
Thanks!
* They look like "black small square" Unicode character code 25AA
but of course selection causes inversing!
Little square characters in front of lines
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Little square characters in front of lines
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Re: Little square characters in front of lines
These tiny squares are displayed in the following situation:
- You display non-printing characters (the Show/Hide button ¶ in the Paragraph group of the Home tab of the ribbon is highlighted), AND
- At least one of the following check boxes has been ticked in the Line and Page Breaks tab of the Paragraph dialog:
- Keep with next
- Keep lines together
- Page break before
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Hans
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Re: Little square characters in front of lines
As expected, you are entirely correct!
But what are they called, and do they serve any useful purpose?
But what are they called, and do they serve any useful purpose?
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Re: Little square characters in front of lines
These squares don't seem to have a name. Their purpose is to alert you to the fact that the pagination settings of the paragraph have been altered.
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Hans
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Re: Little square characters in front of lines
OK, thanks, Hans! I thought of that reason overnight, since it's kind of obvious!
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If something doesn't have a name, it's extremely difficult to search for...
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Re: Little square characters in front of lines
You may find some enlightenment here: Nonprinting Formatting Marks - but on the other hand, you may not!
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Re: Little square characters in front of lines
Thanks - some enlightenment duly obtained!
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Re: Little square characters in front of lines
The purpose is to help those who know what they are spot formatting quirks in the document.
See also: https://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/b ... evealCodes
See also: https://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/b ... evealCodes
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