It seems like everyone is accidentally turning on paragraph marks lately. It's easy for many people to get into the 'Show all formatting' mode and difficult for many to figure out how to get out of it. The easiest way to disable this is using the keyboard: Ctrl + Shift + 8 will toggle the formatting marks off and on. This works in all versions of Outlook (and Word). You can also disable (or enable) this from the Toolbar or Options dialog.
While it's much quicker to toggle the marks off and on using the keyboard, if you prefer to use a mouse, look for the paragraph icon on the Formatting toolbar or ribbon. When it's highlighted, marks are displayed. When paragraph marks are turned on spaces, tabs, and line breaks are shown as dots or arrows. When you are showing all formatting, you'll see dots between words (for spaces), the pilcrow mark at the end of paragraphs, a 'left turn' arrow for line breaks, and arrows for tabs.
This Word tutorial explains how to markup text with a highlighter effect in Word 2011 for Mac (with screenshots and step-by-step instructions).
To make the change stick: After turning the paragraph marks off, close the message. Do not send it. In Outlook 2016, 2013, 2010, and 2007, look on the Format Text ribbon – the pilcrow button is in the paragraph section: You can also change the setting in Options. This is useful if you want to see some marks but not others. In Outlook 2010 and newer, open a message then go to the File, Options dialog. In Mail options, click Editor Options. In Outlook 2007, open a message and click on the Office icon, then choose Editor Options at the bottom of the dialog.
Select Display. In Outlook 2003 and older when Word is your editor, open a message and go to Tools, Options. The setting is on the View tab, just as it is in Word. Published May 25, 2011. Last updated on May 5, 2017.
Tip: If you have commas in your text, use tabs for your separator characters. Use paragraph marks to indicate where you want to begin a new table row. In this example, the tabs and paragraph marks will result in a table that has 3 columns and 2 rows:. Select the text you want to convert to a table. On the Insert tab, click Table Convert Text to Table. In the Convert Text to Table box, choose the options you want: Under Table Size, make sure the numbers match the numbers of columns and rows you want. Under AutoFit Behavior, choose how you want your table to look.
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Word automatically chooses a width for the table columns. If you want another column width, choose one of these options: To do this Choose this option Specify a width for all the columns In the Initial column width box, type or select a value. Resize the columns to fit the width of the text in each column AutoFit to contents Resize the table automatically in case the width of the available space changes (for example, web layout or landscape orientation) AutoFit to window Under Separate text at, choose the separator character you used in the text.
After converting the text from the example above, the table looks like this: Convert a table to text. Select the rows or table you want to convert to text. On the Layout tab (next to the Table Design tab), click Convert to Text. In the Convert to Text box, under Separate text with, click the separator character you want to use in place of the column boundaries. Rows will be separated by paragraph marks.
Convert a table to text. On the View menu, click Print Layout.
In the table, select any consecutive rows that you want to convert to paragraphs. Click the Table Layout tab, and then under Data, click Convert to Text. Convert text to a table Word begins new rows at paragraph marks and new columns at separator characters (tabs or commas, for example). On the View menu, click Print Layout. Indicate where you want to divide text into rows or columns by inserting the paragraph marks or the separator characters that you want. Select the text that you want to convert to a table.
On the Table menu, point to Convert, and then click Convert Text to Table. Select the options that you want.