It may seem a little old fashioned but the truth is that it really works. Using the ruler on Word is for sure the easiest method to remove multiple tabs. Obviously, if you only have one to remove you can just use backspace but I’m obviously not talking about that situation.

Here’s how you remove the tab indent on multiple paragraphs. However, on the latest versions this doesn’t seem to work) How to Remove a Tab Indent across many Paragraphs (If you are using an older version of Microsoft Word, you may still be able to use the find and replace method and instead of pasting the spaces, you put in the following: ^t. However, there is a way of removing them all at once and we’ll go through that now. This is a pain and to be honest can be a real annoyance. If you open up the search and replace tool and press Tab, you are taken to the next box/field and not the space that it creates. See screenshot:įor more information, please visit: showing formatting marks in Word.If you have used the tab to make the indents on your document, you cannot use the find and replace function. Check the formatting marks you want to show in the Formatting Marks section, or hide them by unchecking. Please apply the utility by clicking Enterprise > Display Settings in View group, see screenshot:Ģ. Kutools for Word, a handy add-in, includes groups of tools to ease your work and enhance your ability of processing word document. Kutools gathering formatting marks and document content display setting together, it’s more convenient for users. Show or hide formatting marks in Word with Kutools Note: If you want to show or hide all formatting marks, you can click under Home tab, or you can press shortcut Ctrl+* to switch showing or hiding. Step 2: click Display, in Always show these formatting marks on the screen section, check to show them in documents or you can check Show all formatting marks to show all formatting marks in document. Show or hide formatting marks in Word 2007/2010/2013Ĭlick Officeicon and then click Word Options in Word 2007 Ĭlick Filetab and then click Options in Word 2010/2013.

The keyboard shortcut of showing all formatting marks: Ctrl+* or Shift+Ctrl+8 Step 2: click View tab, check any formatting marks in Formatting marks section to show them in document, or you can check All item to show all kinds of formatting marks in document.

How to remove word formatting marks