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Non printing characters - Word 2007

GreenWolfe · 2012-05-18 10:28:39

In Word 2007, is there a way to display non-printing characters in a different colour, like grey?

18-05-2012 10:28am

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In Word 2007, is there a way to display non-printing characters in a different colour, like grey?

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#2 18-05-2012 3:49pm

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What do you mean, non printing characters?

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#3 18-05-2012 4:04pm

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They look something like this:

I'd like if I could display normal text in black and the non-printing characters in grey.

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#4 18-05-2012 4:10pm

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Apparently not

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#5 29-05-2012 7:52pm

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After a little more research, the only word processor I could find that displays non-printing characters in grey is Abiword.

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