How to remove the extra symbols in Microsoft Word

The "Show All" feature in Microsoft Word lets you see each of the formatting mark tags, such as spaces, carriage returns or new lines, tabs, and new paragraphs in Microsoft Word.

The image above shows the pilcrow icon, which enables and disables this feature (looks like a backwards 'P'). The image also displays example text with the main formatting symbols. To enable or disable this feature, click the Show All, or pilcrow, icon on the standard toolbar. If this toolbar is not visible, click View, Toolbars, and select Standard.

In Microsoft Word 2007 and later, the Show All icon is on the Home tab, in the Paragraph section.