InDesign

View hidden (nonprinting) characters

  Choose Type > Show Hidden Characters.

Nonprinting characters such as those for spaces, tabs, ends of paragraphs, index markers, and ends of stories appear. These special characters are visible only in a document window and a story editor window; they don’t print or output to formats such as PDF and XML. The hidden characters appear in the same color as the layer color.

Nonprinting characters hidden (top) and visible (bottom)