Showing formatting characters (invisibles)

Each time you press the Space bar, the Tab key, or the Return key, or add a column, section, or page break, AppleWorks inserts a formatting character in the document. Documents are set not to show these formatting characters on the screen, but you can make them visible. Formatting characters don't print even when they are visible onscreen.

To show formatting characters:
1 Choose Preferences from the AppleWorks menu, then choose General from the submenu.
2 If necessary, choose Text from the Topic pop-up menu.
3 In the Options area, select Show Invisibles.
Note: To set this option for all documents, click Make Default.

  When you press or choose   This formatting character appears    
The Space bar or Option-Space (Option-Space creates a nonbreaking space)

Tab

Return

Shift-Return (creates a line break in the middle of a paragraph)

Insert Page Break from the Format menu

Insert Column Break from the Format menu

Insert Section Break from the Format menu

Related topics

  Formatting word-processing documents
Formatting paragraphs
Finding and changing specific text
Setting preferences

 
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