WD: Purpose of Square Bullets Displayed in Left Margin (141279)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0a
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0c
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 95 7.0a
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0.1
  • Microsoft Word for Windows NT 6.0
  • Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition
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.

    -or-
  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.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/17/2005
Keywords:kbinfo kbui KB141279
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