The ¶ symbol shows exactly where the end of each paragraph is, which can be very useful. All paragraph formatting (indentation, margins, text justification) is attached to it, so accidentally deleting one can cause some mysterious formatting changes.
If you think you can get used to the ¶ characters, I’ll show you how to get rid of the others, which usually aren’t as useful. Do this:
1. Click the Tools->Options menu item.
2. Click the View tab.
3. Under Formatting Marks, select ONLY Paragraph Marks and deselect all others.
4. Click OK.
That’s it.
None of them will print, by the way.
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Thank you very much it worked
In office 2010 you need to click on File -> Options ->Display -> Uncheck “Show all formatting marks”
Regards,
Ash
ASHLEY….you are awesome thanks so much for the fix…I was losing my mind.
I had this occur on word ’97 and couldn’t delete that symbol, very frustrating.
Thanks to your advice a whole new area of word has been revealed, and I can now use these symbols at will, many thanks your a star ;¬)
I too faced this issue long time back and spent so many hours to dig this up. So thought of sharing the solution to all who face the same issue
Many thanks for helping us out.