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I see dots and arrows in my document
 
Tags  formatting; spacing; tab
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Symptoms

In your document, you see dots where there should be spaces, arrows where there should be tabs, and other characters that you don't expect.

Show/Hide formatting reveals dots and arrows

Cause

These symbols are visible when you show the formatting marks in Word.

Resolution

Hide the formatting marks.

  • On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click Show/Hide.
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