Add "Show/Hide Paragraph Marks" to Quick Access Toolbar in Word 2010?

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All I can find is "Show/Hide Editing Marks."

As @Berton mentions in his post above, the Home tab (in Word 2010) includes an icon showing a paragraph mark. This, however, is for Show/Hide. Show/Hide toggles the view of multiple hidden formatting symbols... including, but not limited to, paragraph marks.

If this is all you need then in File > Options > Quick Access Toolbar you can customise the QAT to add this icon from the Home tab.

Alternatively, If you want to toggle the view of just paragraph marks then you need to create a macro and assign it to the QAT. The macro, at its simplest, will be:

Code:

Sub ShowParas()
'
' ShowParas Macro
' Shows/Hides paragragh marks
'
ActiveWindow.View.ShowParagraphs = Not ActiveWindow.View.ShowParagraphs
' Note: For more info, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/word.view.showparagraphs
End Sub

(Unfortunately Word 2010 doesn't include a suitable icon to modify/assign to this macro.)

Hope this helps...

Thanks, guys,

I had already looked in the Quick Access Customization menu, and was only able to find "Show/Hide" Editing Marks, but no "Show/Hide Paragraph Mark":


Does this mean that in Word 2010, that option isn't available?

Back in my Word 97 days I created some macros, but that was before the turn of the century, so I'm a bit rusty when it comes to macros.

Will in Seattle
a.k.a. "Clueless"

Scroll further up and you should see Show All under All Commands, i.e. the icon in the Home tab.

There is no Show Paragraph Marks equivalent, hence my post above to say that the option wasn't available.



(There is also no separate Show Paragraph Marks icon in the Modify Button UI so you would have to choose an alternative or use something like the Office RibbonX Editor to add one.)

A quick Google search for how to create a macro in word 2010 shows a plethora of examples than can be used as a refresher... the process has not changed since Office '97 days.

It's probably easier just to record a macro then overwrite the result with the simple VBA 'toggle' code I posted previously.

Hope this helps...

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