How to Show/Hide Whitespace Characters in the Editor View

This topic describes how to toggle on and off the display of whitespace characters in the Editor window in the Editor view. By default whitespace characters appear as blank spaces in document text. However, you can choose to display them as symbols if you prefer.

To show/hide whitespace characters:

Select Tools > Options from the menu bar. The Options dialog box is displayed.
Select Editor from the navigation tree. The Editor settings are displayed on the right.
Display options for the Editor window are displayed on the right under Side-by-Side Editor.
If you want to display whitespace characters as symbols, select the Show whitespace characters check box.
If you want to stop displaying whitespace characters, clear the selection from the Show whitespace characters check box.

Click OK to save the settings and close the Options dialog box.

NOTE	You can also toggle whitespace characters on/off by clicking the Show Whitespace Characters button on the Translation and Review toolbar in the Editor view. Click here to see a list of the whitespace symbols.

How to Show/Hide Whitespace Characters in the Editor View

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