You can also use SciTE to paste code if you don’t want to install heavy IDEs and then download plugins for all the code you’re making. Simply choose your language from the language menu, type your code, high-light code, select Edit->Copy as RTF, paste into Word with formatting (default paste).
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How to Reveal Formatting Marks and Codes in Word
Go behind the scenes of your text to resolve formatting issues
Updated on January 30, 2022
What to Know
- Temporary reveal: In Word, go to the ribbon and select Home. Choose the Show Formatting Symbols icon to toggle marks on and off.
- Permanent reveal: In Word, go to the ribbon and select File > Options > Display. Select Show all formatting marks > OK.
This article explains two ways to reveal the formatting marks and codes in a Microsoft Word document. It also includes information on the Reveal Formatting panel. These instructions apply to Word for Microsoft 365, Word 2019, Word 2016, and Word 2013.
Temporarily Show Formatting Symbols
Microsoft Word uses bullets, numbered lists, page breaks, margins, columns, and more. To see how Word structures a document, view the formatting marks and codes associated with the text.
Quick-view the formatting Word uses in a document by toggling the feature on and off when you need it. Here’s how.
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To reveal the formatting symbols, go to the ribbon and select Home.
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In the Paragraph group, select Show/Hide (the icon looks like a paragraph mark).
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The formatting symbols appear in the document and each symbol is represented by a specific mark:
- Spaces display as dots.
- Tabs are indicated with arrows.
- The end of each paragraph is marked with a paragraph sign.
- Page breaks display as dotted lines.
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To hide the formatting symbols, select Show/Hide.
Permanently Show Formatting Symbols
If you find that having the formatting symbols visible makes working with Word easier and you want to have them visible all the time, here’s how to change the setting:
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On the ribbon, select File.
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Choose Options.
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In the Word Options dialog box, select Display.
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In the Always show these formatting marks on the screen section, select Show all formatting marks.
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Select OK to save your changes.
Display the Reveal Formatting Panel
To find more information about the formatting of a Word document, display the Reveal Formatting panel.
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Press Shift+F1 on the keyboard to display the Reveal Formatting panel.
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To view information about a portion of the document, select that text.
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In the Reveal Formatting panel, select a link to see detailed information about the formatting components and to make changes to the formatting.
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To close the panel, select X.
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Below the vertical scroll bar, there are three buttons: an up-arrow, a round thing, and a down-arrow. Click on the middle one, which is “Select Browse Object” and can also be accessed as Alt+Ctrl+Home:
This gives you a 6×2 palette of browsable objects.
Click on the {a}
, which represents Fields.
Now “Next Find” (the down-arrow button,
also accessible as Ctrl+Page Down) and “Previous Find”
(the up-arrow button, also accessible as Ctrl+Page Up) become “Next Field” and “Previous Field”, respectively,
and you can use them to jump from field to field.
The other boxes in the palette let you search / navigate for endnotes, footnotes, comments, section breaks, pages, edits (go back to the last three places you made changes), headings, graphics, tables, and, of course, ordinary text find.
Word for Microsoft 365 Word 2021 Word 2019 Word 2016 Word 2013 Word 2010 More…Less
Insert a symbol using the keyboard with ASCII or Unicode character codes
Symbols and special characters are either inserted using ASCII or Unicode codes. You can tell which is which when you look up the code for the character.
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Go to Insert >Symbol > More Symbols.
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Find the symbol you want.
Tip: The Segoe UI Symbol font has a very large collection of Unicode symbols to choose from.
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On the bottom right you’ll see Character code and from:. The Character code is what you’ll enter to insert this symbol from the keyboard. The from: field tells you if it’s a Unicode or an ASCII character.
Unicode
ASCII
Inserting Unicode Characters
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Type the character code where you want to insert the Unicode symbol.
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Press ALT+X to convert the code to the symbol.
If you’re placing your Unicode character immediately after another character, select just the code before pressing ALT+X.
Tip: If you don’t get the character you expected, make sure you have the correct font selected.
Inserting ASCII Characters
Use the numeric keypad with Num Lock on to type the ASCII numbers, not the numbers across the top of your keyboard.
All ASCII character codes are four digits long. If the code for the character you want is shorter than four digits, add zeros to the beginning to get to 4 digits.
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Go to Home tab, in the Font group, change the font to Wingdings (or other font set).
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Press and hold the ALT key and type the character code on the numeric keypad.
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Change the font back to your previous font after inserting the symbol.
For more character symbols, see the Character Map installed on your computer, ASCII character codes, or Unicode character code charts by script.
Glyph |
Code |
Glyph |
Code |
---|---|---|---|
Currency symbols |
|||
£ |
ALT+0163 |
¥ |
ALT+0165 |
¢ |
ALT+0162 |
$ |
0024+ALT+X |
€ |
ALT+0128 |
¤ |
ALT+0164 |
Legal symbols |
|||
© |
ALT+0169 |
® |
ALT+0174 |
§ |
ALT+0167 |
™ |
ALT+0153 |
Mathematical symbols |
|||
° |
ALT+0176 |
º |
ALT+0186 |
√ |
221A+ALT+X |
+ |
ALT+43 |
# |
ALT+35 |
µ |
ALT+0181 |
< |
ALT+60 |
> |
ALT+62 |
% |
ALT+37 |
( |
ALT+40 |
[ |
ALT+91 |
) |
ALT+41 |
] |
ALT+93 |
∆ |
2206+ALT+X |
Fractions |
|||
¼ |
ALT+0188 |
½ |
ALT+0189 |
¾ |
ALT+0190 |
||
Punctuation and dialectic symbols |
|||
? |
ALT+63 |
¿ |
ALT+0191 |
! |
ALT+33 |
‼ |
203+ALT+X |
— |
ALT+45 |
‘ |
ALT+39 |
« |
ALT+34 |
, |
ALT+44 |
. |
ALT+46 |
| |
ALT+124 |
/ |
ALT+47 |
ALT+92 |
|
` |
ALT+96 |
^ |
ALT+94 |
« |
ALT+0171 |
» |
ALT+0187 |
« |
ALT+174 |
» |
ALT+175 |
~ |
ALT+126 |
& |
ALT+38 |
: |
ALT+58 |
{ |
ALT+123 |
; |
ALT+59 |
} |
ALT+125 |
Form symbols |
|||
□ |
25A1+ALT+X |
√ |
221A+ALT+X |
For a complete list of the glyphs and their character codes, see the Character Map.
Glyph |
Code |
Glyph |
Code |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
à |
ALT+0195 |
å |
ALT+0229 |
|
Å |
ALT+143 |
å |
ALT+134 |
|
Ä |
ALT+142 |
ä |
ALT+132 |
|
À |
ALT+0192 |
à |
ALT+133 |
|
Á |
ALT+0193 |
á |
ALT+160 |
|
 |
ALT+0194 |
â |
ALT+131 |
|
Ç |
ALT+128 |
ç |
ALT+135 |
|
Č |
010C+ALT+X |
č |
010D+ALT+X |
|
É |
ALT+144 |
é |
ALT+130 |
|
È |
ALT+0200 |
è |
ALT+138 |
|
Ê |
ALT+202 |
ê |
ALT+136 |
|
Ë |
ALT+203 |
ë |
ALT+137 |
|
Ĕ |
0114+ALT+X |
ĕ |
0115+ALT+X |
|
Ğ |
011E+ALT+X |
ğ |
011F+ALT+X |
|
Ģ |
0122+ALT+X |
ģ |
0123+ALT+X |
|
Ï |
ALT+0207 |
ï |
ALT+139 |
|
Î |
ALT+0206 |
î |
ALT+140 |
|
Í |
ALT+0205 |
í |
ALT+161 |
|
Ì |
ALT+0204 |
ì |
ALT+141 |
|
Ñ |
ALT+165 |
ñ |
ALT+164 |
|
Ö |
ALT+153 |
ö |
ALT+148 |
|
Ô |
ALT+212 |
ô |
ALT+147 |
|
Ō |
014C+ALT+X |
ō |
014D+ALT+X |
|
Ò |
ALT+0210 |
ò |
ALT+149 |
|
Ó |
ALT+0211 |
ó |
ALT+162 |
|
Ø |
ALT+0216 |
ø |
00F8+ALT+X |
|
Ŝ |
015C+ALT+X |
ŝ |
015D+ALT+X |
|
Ş |
015E+ALT+X |
ş |
015F+ALT+X |
|
Ü |
ALT+154 |
ü |
ALT+129 |
|
Ū |
ALT+016A |
ū |
016B+ALT+X |
|
Û |
ALT+0219 |
û |
ALT+150 |
|
Ù |
ALT+0217 |
ù |
ALT+151 |
|
Ú |
00DA+ALT+X |
ú |
ALT+163 |
|
Ÿ |
0159+ALT+X |
ÿ |
ALT+152 |
For more information about typographic ligatures, see Typographic ligature. For more, see Character Map.
Glyph |
Code |
Glyph |
Code |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Æ |
ALT+0198 |
æ |
ALT+0230 |
|
ß |
ALT+0223 |
ß |
ALT+225 |
|
Œ |
ALT+0140 |
œ |
ALT+0156 |
|
ʩ |
02A9+ALT+X |
|||
ʣ |
02A3+ALT+X |
ʥ |
02A5+ALT+X |
|
ʪ |
02AA+ALT+X |
ʫ |
02AB+ALT+X |
|
ʦ |
0246+ALT+X |
ʧ |
02A7+ALT+X |
|
Љ |
0409+ALT+X |
Ю |
042E+ALT+X |
|
Њ |
040A+ALT+X |
Ѿ |
047E+ALT+x |
|
Ы |
042B+ALT+X |
Ѩ |
0468+ALT+X |
|
Ѭ |
049C+ALT+X |
ﷲ |
FDF2+ALT+X |
ASCII table numbers 0–31 are assigned for control characters used to control some peripheral devices such as printers.
Decimal |
Character |
Decimal |
Character |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
null |
0 |
data link escape |
16 |
|
start of heading |
1 |
device control 1 |
17 |
|
start of text |
2 |
device control 2 |
18 |
|
end of text |
3 |
device control 3 |
19 |
|
end of transmission |
4 |
device control 4 |
20 |
|
inquiry |
5 |
negative acknowledge |
21 |
|
acknowledge |
6 |
synchronous idle |
22 |
|
bell |
7 |
end of transmission block |
23 |
|
backspace |
8 |
cancel |
24 |
|
horizontal tab |
9 |
end of medium |
25 |
|
line feed/new line |
10 |
substitute |
26 |
|
vertical tab |
11 |
escape |
27 |
|
form feed/new page |
12 |
file separator |
28 |
|
carriage return |
13 |
group separator |
29 |
|
shift out |
14 |
record separator |
30 |
|
shift in |
15 |
unit separator |
31 |
|
space |
32 |
DEL |
127 |
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Microsoft Word can embed special items in Word documents called field codes. Fields in Microsoft Word are used as placeholders for data that might change in a document, and for creating form letters and labels in mail-merge documents. These kinds of fields are also called field codes, and they are different from the type of fields that are used to enter information, such as on a form.
Accidentally turning on field codes can be a nuisance while creating Word templates. When this happens, all of the Tags in your Word template will appear like this:
For Word 2007 and later, just press the key combination Alt+F9.
For earlier versions of Word, follow these steps:
- Open the document where the field codes are displayed.
- Press Alt+F9 to turn off field codes currently on the page. To turn off a field code for a specific field, click on the field and press Shift+F9 instead.
- Click the Office button and select «Word Options» to turn off field codes by default.
- Select the «Advanced» tab in the «Word Options» window.
- Scroll to the «Show document content» section. Deselect «Show field codes instead of their values» and click «OK.»