Turn formatting marks on or off

When composing an email message, you might see some symbols within your text. These are actually formatting marks, such as dots (for spaces) or arrows (for tab characters) in Outlook. Formatting marks assist with text layout. They do not appear on a printed message.

When you turn formatting marks on or off, your choice remains in effect for all subsequent messages you compose, reply to, or forward.

Quickly toggle formatting marks

To turn formatting marks on or off, do the following:

• In the message window, on the Format Text tab, in the Paragraph group, click the button that looks like a paragraph mark. (When you point your mouse at the button, the tooltip says Show/Hide ¶).

  

  Keyboard shortcut     CTRL+SHIFT+*. (You must use the asterisk on the 8 key.)