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The symbol itself is called a paragraph mark. The button on the ribbon in Word that bears that mark toggles non-printing characters on and off. These show where Things like spaces, tabs, paragraph returns and page breaks are located. It’s very handy for sorting out wonky page formatting.
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Paragraph mark is the symbol to indicate the end of a paragraph and the beginning of a new paragraph. And here this article will introduce several methods to show or hide the paragraph marks in a Word document easily.

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par′agraph mark`

n.

a character, usu. ¶, used to indicate the beginning of a new paragraph, as in copy for typesetting. Also called par′agraph sign`.

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Occasionally a new user of Word is alarmed to discover that his previously pristine document is full of strange symbols—dots, arrows, paragraphs marks, and the like. For experienced users, the usual reaction of such a user seems almost comical because experienced users know how invaluable the display of these symbols can be both in formatting and in troubleshooting documents.

The symbols that Microsoft now calls “formatting marks” were previously referred to as “nonprinting characters.” By either name, they are characters that take up space or have a formatting function but do not appear on the printed page: spaces, tab characters, paragraph breaks, and the like. Even if you prefer to work most of the time without seeing them, you should know how to display them and what they mean. The important thing to know is that they do not print (you will not see them in Print Preview).

The display of nonprinting characters may be toggled in either of two ways:

With a shortcut key. This is Ctrl+* (Ctrl+Shift+8 on U.S. keyboards). If you've ever turned on display of nonprinting characters unintentionally, it may have been by accidentally pressing this key combination when you were trying to type an asterisk. The same key combination will also toggle the display off.
With a button:

Word 2003 and earlier: By default, the Formatting toolbar has a button with the ¶ icon. If you hover your mouse over it, the ScreenTip says “Show/Hide ¶.”

Word 2007 and above: The “Show/Hide ¶” button is in the Paragraph group on the Home tab, and its “Super ToolTip” provides additional information.

Whether you use the shortcut key or the button, what you are toggling between is display of all nonprinting charactersand whatever specific ones you have chosen to display as an alternative. Here’s where to find the settings:

Word 2003 and earlier: On the View tab of Tools | Options.

Figure 1. View Options in Word 2003

Word 2007:, Office Button | Word Options | Display.
Word 2010 and above: File | Options | Display.

Figure 2. Display Options in Word 2010 (similar in Word 2007 and 2013)

Note that there are six or seven check boxes under “Formatting marks.” The last one of these is “All” or “Show all formatting marks.” When you toggle the toolbar/Ribbon button on and off (or use the keyboard shortcut), this box is checked and unchecked. When it is unchecked, you will still see the nonprinting characters represented by whichever of the other check boxes you have checked. Usually this is none, but there might be times when, for example, you would want to see just Hidden text or just paragraph marks and none of the others. (Note that “Paragraph marks” includes line breaks and text-wrapping breaks, discussed below.)

Important Note: If you are seeing some formatting marks and clicking the “Show/Hide ¶” button (or pressing the shortcut) does not hide them, then you need to visit the Options dialog to make sure that none of the other boxes are checked.

So what do all these marks represent?

Paragraph marks

The paragraph mark or pilcrow (¶) represents a paragraph break. You should see one at the end of each paragraph (if there is not one, you'll likely find that you have a problem). Ordinarily you should not see one anywhere else. By this I mean that you should not be ending lines with paragraph breaks, nor should you be using “empty paragraphs” to create “blank lines” between paragraphs (in most cases this is better accomplished with Space Before or After).¶

Here’s a “horrible example” of a worst-case scenario: a user who, not knowing how to double-space, pressed Enter at the end of every line:¶

Figure 3. Excessive use of paragraph breaks

The ¶ contains all the paragraph formatting. You can select it, copy it, and paste it onto another paragraph to copy and paste formatting (though there are other ways to do this as well). The last ¶ in the document contains formatting for the entire document (header/footer and margin information, for example) or for the last section if there are more than one.¶

Line breaks

A right-angle arrow pointing to the left represents a line break, inserted with Shift+Enter. You can use a line break to start a new line without starting a new paragraph.

A right-angle arrow between two vertical lines represents a text-wrapping break. This new break type, introduced in Word 2000 and intended primarily for Web pages, is used to force subsequent text below an adjacent text-wrapped object. For example, if you have a caption beside a picture and end it with a text-wrapping break, the text following the caption will start below the picture regardless of how long or short the caption is. For more information on this type of break, see “WD2000: Text Wrapping Break: Its Purpose and Use.”

Style separator

Another type of break, introduced in Word 2002, is the style separator. The article “How can I include just part of a paragraph in my table of contents?” describes the situation in which this is useful, and the linked article “How to use outline levels to create a table of contents (TOC) in Word 2003 and in Word 2002” (despite the title, the content applies to Word 2002 and above; the section “More Information About Style Separators” explains that the style separator is essentially the same thing as a hidden paragraph mark). In text, a style separator appears as a paragraph mark inside a dotted rectangle. At high Zoom levels, it can be seen to have the dotted underline indicating Hidden text:

Pagination breaks

More obvious in their meaning are manual column, page, and section breaks. To delete these, you can simply select them and press t

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