How to hide visible tabs in Word
Thread poster: Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen
Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen
Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen  Identity Verified
France
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Dutch to French
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Jan 29, 2016

Hi all

I've reinstalled Windows and Office recently and I have noticed that in all my DOCX's, I can hide all marks, like spaces and hard returns for instance with ctrl+, but the tab arrow remains visible.

Does anyone know how to get rid of this?

Tks in advance
Elisabeth


 
Darius Sciuka
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Lithuania
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English to Lithuanian
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Easy Jan 29, 2016

Hi Elisabeth,

Select File - Options - Display then set your preferences in "Always show these formatting marks on the screen" (in Word 2010, I'm not sure about later versions).

Regards,
Darius


 
Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen
Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen  Identity Verified
France
Local time: 14:09
Dutch to French
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TOPIC STARTER
No File - options Jan 29, 2016

Darius Sciuka wrote:

Hi Elisabeth,

Select File - Options - Display then set your preferences in "Always show these formatting marks on the screen" (in Word 2010, I'm not sure about later versions).

Regards,
Darius


Hi Darius

I forgot to say the most important... I have Word 7, there is no "File"...

I've been looking on the Internet and I finally found how to do this. I wanted to delete the subject, but impossible

Just in case someone asks the same question one day :
Office button, Options Word, Display, untick the checkbox Tabs

Tks!
Elisabeth


 
Platary (X)
Platary (X)
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German to French
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Depends of the version Jan 30, 2016

French versions :

Outils > Options > Affichage for older versions :

http://www.screencast.com/t/2BQGr3mz9

Fichier > Options > Affichage for newer versions :

http://www.screencast.com/t/xq5A8gNxu

Regards


 
Tina Vonhof (X)
Tina Vonhof (X)
Canada
Local time: 06:09
Dutch to English
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Avoid tabs when you can Jan 30, 2016

You can eliminate a lot of tabs by using 'indent' or a 'hanging indent' whenever possible. That doesn't solve your problem completely, I know, but it will reduce them to a minimum. And, of course, you could upgrade your Word program to a newer version...

 
Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen
Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen  Identity Verified
France
Local time: 14:09
Dutch to French
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TOPIC STARTER
Thank you all... Jan 30, 2016

For your valuable input


As I said, I found the answer for my Windows 7 version.

Tina, I don't upgrade whenever I just have a small problem. I've never seen the interest in purchasing new versions when they arrive on the market, especially when an older version works just fine Especially when you look at the price of the Office version
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For your valuable input


As I said, I found the answer for my Windows 7 version.

Tina, I don't upgrade whenever I just have a small problem. I've never seen the interest in purchasing new versions when they arrive on the market, especially when an older version works just fine Especially when you look at the price of the Office versions!

Elisabeth
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Tina Vonhof (X)
Tina Vonhof (X)
Canada
Local time: 06:09
Dutch to English
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Re: upgrades Feb 1, 2016

No, I agree that you wouldn't upgrade just to solve one small problem but there may be a lot of other things the newer version can do, or can do better, that you are not even aware of.

 


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