WD2000: Purpose of Square Bullets Displayed in Left Margin

ID: Q212014

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word 2000

SUMMARY

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


MORE INFORMATION

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

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

    -or-


  • Do the following steps:


    1. On the Tools menu, click Options.


    2. Click the View tab.


    3. Under Formatting marks, click Paragraph marks.


    4. Click OK.


These squares indicate that one or more of the following paragraph formats 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.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbdta wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo


Last Reviewed: November 9, 1999
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