WD2000: Purpose of Square Bullets Displayed in Left Margin (212014)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 2000
This article was previously published under Q212014

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.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:12/6/2000
Keywords:kbinfo KB212014
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