This is useful if you want to see some marks but not others. But you can expand it to see other character sets: Scroll to the top and click the toggle button in the right corner: Word. The paragraph symbol, and other formatting marks, are basic visual aids that are designed to show you where special formatting has taken place. The paragraph symbol resembles a backwards capital P and appears when someone has pressed the Enter key when typing an email in Outlook. How do I get rid of the paragraph symbol in Outlook by Ccronyn Sep 17, 2009 12:58AM PDT I have somehow hit an incorrect key and now at the end of each line I see a paragraph symbol. By default, the Symbol dialog box shows emoji at first when it's opened. Do any of the following: Insert symbol. In Outlook 2010 and newer, open a message then go to the File, Options dialog. In this article we are going to cover 2 ways on how to to remove paragraph breaks in Outlook and get rid of that pesky paragraph symbol! Excel 2016 for Mac Outlook 2016 for Mac PowerPoint 2016 for Mac Word 2016 for Mac More... Less. In Mail options, click Editor Options. In Outlook 2016, 2013, 2010, and 2007, look on the Format Text ribbon – the pilcrow button is in the paragraph section: You can also change the setting in Options.