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Q195992: WD97: Purpose of Square Bullets Displayed in Left Margin

Article: Q195992
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdta winword word97
Last Modified: 14-NOV-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SUMMARY
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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
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You can see the nonprinting square 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.

2. Click the View tab.

3. Under Nonprinting Characters, click Paragraph Marks.

4. Click OK.

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.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbdta winword word97 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbinfo

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