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To show or hide paragraph marks and other nonprinting symbols in Word using the Ribbon:Click the Home tab in the Ribbon.In the Paragraph group, click ¶ (Show/Hide A¶).

Viewing Quoted Text The quoted text that is sent along with each reply is hidden by default. Since you're already in a conversation, you don't really need it - you can expand each message in the conversation to view its content instead of having to untangle pages of quoted, indented text.

To do this, click and drag through the text to select it. Then click the Quote icon in the message body tools. This will offset the selected text with the vertical line. Note: To remove the quoted text effect, select the offset text, and click the Indent Less icon in the message body tools.

Method 2: Show Hidden Texts OnlyFirst of all, click File tab.Then click Options to open Word Options dialog box.Next click Display.Scroll down to Always show these formatting marks on the screen section, check Hidden text box.Finally, click OK to save the setting.Jun 20, 2017

Hiding text is as simple as it gets. Select the text you want to hide, switch to the Home tab on the Ribbon, and then click the arrow at the bottom right of the Font group. This opens up the Font window. Turn on the Hidden option and then click the OK button.

This 'purple text' is caused by conversation view and has been around for sometime. If you want to get rid of the purple quoted text, turn conversation view off under settings.

If you are loathe to remove your hands from the keyboard in order to use the mouse, you might want to memorize a quick little shortcut: Ctrl+ (that's the asterisk), which can also be written as Shift+Ctrl+8. This shortcut key toggles the Show/Hide tool on and off.