Showing hidden characters


    As you work with type, nonprinting characters are embedded into the file to indicate keyboard actions or states, such as spaces, returns (line breaks), tabs, and end of text. These characters include hard returns (line breaks), soft returns (line breaks), tabs, spaces, nonbreaking spaces, double-byte characters (including spaces), discretionary hyphens, and other nonprinting characters.

    These characters are hidden by default. To help you format and edit type, you can make the characters visible.

To show or hide hidden characters:

    Choose Type > Show Hidden Characters. A check mark indicates that hidden characters are showing.