In the dialog box, you can select to individually display or hide specific nonprinting characters. There is one interesting "gottcha" to this, however. Thus, it can quickly turn on and off the nonprinting character display. Clicking it toggles the condition of the Show All Formatting Marks checkbox in the dialog box shown earlier. (Technically this character is called a pilcrow.) This tool is known as the Show/Hide tool. Display the Home tab of the ribbon and look for a tool in the Paragraph group that looks like a backwards P.
There is also a quick way you can turn nonprinting characters on and off using the ribbon. This allows you to more accurately control the look of your document and what it contains. You can quickly tell, for instance, when you have inserted two spaces between words or added an extra carriage return. Why would you want to display these characters? Quite simply, because it is much easier to understand spacing when the characters are displayed. In the Always Show These Formatting Marks On the Screen section, select the characters you want Word to display.The Display options in the Word Options dialog box. Click Display at the left side of the dialog box.In Word 2010 or a later version, display the File tab of the ribbon and then click Options.) (In Word 2007 click the Office button and then click Word Options. You can display these special characters, which Word refers to as nonprinting characters, by following these steps: For instance, Word uses special characters to indicate the end of a line or the end of a paragraph. In addition, there are several special characters that Word uses for housekeeping purposes. This can come in quite handy when you for instance need to answer multiple questions.įor more information, see the original tip: Split your message compose window.There are several different characters, such as a space and tab, which Word does not normally display on the screen. The Split command allows you to view (and even edit) 2 sections of the same message at the same time so you don’t have to scroll back and forth. This is another command which used to be available in the scrollbar area and has been removed since Outlook 2013. While you are there and have created the View group, you might also want to add the “Split” command. For instance: View.Įxtra Tip: Adding the Split Message command Press the “New Group” button and name the group.In the pane on the right, select a tab to add the command to.You can then have it blend in a bit more. Instead of adding the Ruler command to the QAT, you can also add it to the Ribbon. Optionally sort the commands on the right.Īdd the Ruler command to your QAT or Ribbon to set your tab stops.From the list of commands select Ruler.Set the “Choose commands from” drop down list to: Commands Not in the Ribbon.Skip to step 3 if your ruler is already visible. However, that process is less user-friendly than the ruler method, so it will be presented in a separate, advanced tutorial. Create a new message (keyboard shortcut: CTRL+SHIFT+M). You can also create and adjust tabs using the Tabs dialog box.To add the Ruler command to the Quick Access Toolbar: Click on the “Pop Out” button at the top to open the reply or forward in its own window. Note: The ruler can’t be made visible when you are replying or forwarding a message directly in the Reading Pane. In Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2016, you can enable it again by adding the "Ruler" command to the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) or the Ribbon. In Word 2013 and Word 2016, you can easily enable it again via the View tab by selecting the Ruler checkbox in the “Show” group. Since Office 2013, the scrollbars were redesigned back to their simplest form again and with it, the cleverly hidden Ruler feature has been removed. Is this option really gone in Outlook 2016 or can I still somehow enable it? I use this to create tab-stops to align my content and determine the with of images and tables for newsletters that I send out. I have not been able to find this in Outlook 2016. Click Advanced, and then scroll down to the Display section. To turn on the vertical ruler, do the following: Click the File tab.
Note The vertical ruler will not appear if it is turned off. In previous versions of Outlook, there was an option to enable a ruler which you also described in a previous tip. To show or hide the horizontal and vertical rulers, click View Ruler at the top of the vertical scroll bar.