Microsoft KB Archive/141279

= WD: Purpose of Square Bullets Displayed in Left Margin =

Article ID: 141279

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q141279





SUMMARY
Nonprinting square bullets are displayed in the left margin area of a document when you view the document in page layout or in normal view.



MORE INFORMATION
These squares indicate that one or more of the following paragraph formattings is applied to the text:

  - Keep Lines Together - Keep With Next - Page Break Before - Suppress Line Numbers

Square bullets also appear in the left margin area where a frame has been inserted. These bullets appear in normal view only.

You can see the square nonprinting bullets in either normal or page layout view. To see the squares, use one of the following procedures:


 * Click the Show/Hide paragraph button on the Standard toolbar.

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 * 1) On the Tools menu, click Options. (In Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition, click Preferences.)
 * 2) Under Nonprinting Characters, click Paragraph Marks.
 * 3) Click OK.

Keywords: kbinfo kbui KB141279

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