You can show or hide all these special symbols, but they are still non-printable! You can print just some of them. How do I remove non-printing characters in Word? Another utility for displaying non-printable files is od. In fact, although most manual pages don’t explain how, you can read the output and see what’s in the file. It turns non-printable characters into a printable form. 15 Where are the special characters in Microsoft Word?.14 Why are there no characters in my Word document?.13 How to show / hide nonprintable symbols in a Word document?.12 How to show non-printing characters in Microsoft Word?.10 How do I find a non-ASCII character in a file?.9 What are the three non-printing characters?.8 How do I show hidden formatting in Word?.6 Where is the Show and Hide button in word?.5 How do I find a non Unicode character?.4 What are the non printable characters?.