Do you need to see hidden formatting characters in Google Docs? You can easily show line breaks, paragraph markers, carriage returns, and other invisible formatting symbols by selecting "Show non-printing characters" from the View menu.[1]
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! This wikiHow article teaches you how to show invisible characters in Google Docs.
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! This wikiHow article teaches you how to show invisible characters in Google Docs.
- To show invisible characters, click the "View" tab and select "Show non-printing characters."
- You can also use the shortcut Ctrl + Shift + P (PC) or Cmd + Shift + P (Mac).
- Showing non-printing characters displays hidden paragraph markers, page breaks, section breaks, line breaks, column breaks, tabs, and spaces.
Go to https://docs.google.com/document and log in. You can only see invisible characters when using Google Docs in a web browser on your computer. This won't work in the mobile app.
Open an existing document or start a new one. Click the multicolored plus sign to create a new document, or click one you already have to open.
Click the View tab. It's at the top of your document.
Click Show non-printing characters. Alternatively, press Ctrl + Shift + P (PC) or Cmd + Shift + P (Mac) to instantly show hidden paragraph markers, line breaks, section breaks, column breaks, tabs, and spaces. To hide these characters again, return to View and select Show non-printing characters or press the keyboard shortcut again.
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