Word – Show paragraph and formatting marks in “Office365: Word Online”

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Problem

I'm using Word Online which is included in the Microsoft 365 packet. I would like to display paragraph and formatting marks but I can't find the button to activate this functionality anywhere!

I also checked the official Microsoft help but therefore I need to choose my Word version from a drop down list which doesn't include Word Online.

Other Microsoft Q&A help documents pointed out that I need to click on: File > Options but there are no options in Word Online…

Menu Bars

Home

Home menu bar

In the home menu bar there are these two buttons:

Paragraph alignment

But they are just responsible for the left-to-right or right-to-left direction of the current paragraph.

Layout

Layout menu bar

View

View menu bar

Official Microsoft Support

I also tried to contact the Microsoft telephone support but after waiting for 10 minutes the supporter hang up on me after the first 5 seconds of our "conversation"… (and I paid 20 Cents for that call!!!)

I also tried contacting Microsoft support via chat which shows me the following message for over an hour now:

The next chat will be available in 16 minutes.

Best Answer

I can't find the button to activate this functionality anywhere

It's not currently possible:

The formatting character ¶ is not available in Word online. We suggest you vote for this Word online uservoice Please add the "Show non-printing characters" Button.

This is the best way to let related team hear your voice and help to make our products better for your and others.

Source Office 365 Word Online show formatting characters - Microsoft Community

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