How to turn the display of formatting marks on or off on Office 365

For Word, Go to File > Options

 Click on Display. Under Always show these formatting marks on the screen, turn on or off each formatting mark.

For Outlook, with the message window open, click on the Format Text, in the Paragraph group, click the button that looks like a paragraph mark. (When you point your mouse at the button, the tooltip says Show/Hide ¶).

Alternatively, with a new email message open, go File Options Mail > Editor Options 

Click on Display. Check or uncheck the formatting marks you want to see on or off.

You can also use Keyboard shortcut     CTRL+SHIFT+*

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