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Follow the steps below to show and hide formatting marks or non-printing characters in Word: Under the section “Always show these formatting marks on screen,” you can enable one or more formatting ...

Three ways to expose formatting inconsistencies in a Word document Your email has been sent Whether you're sharing new documents or revamping old ones, these three tools can reveal troublesome ...

Formatting business cards in Excel is not only possible, it's cost-effective, since it saves you from hiring a professional designer. Excel's tools enable you to apply several types of formatting to ...

You can waste a lot of time trying to get a document to look right. These power user tricks will help speed your formatting chores. Formatting improves the readability of your documents and often ...

With so many menus to dig through, getting a document to look decent in Microsoft Word can feel like a chore. I used to find formatting tedious, but after learning a few features and shortcuts, it ...

Creates a format that specifies character strings to use to print variable values. Featured in: Creating a Format for Character Values. See also: The chapter on formats in SAS Language Reference: ...