formatting showing in created pdf

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March 4, 2019
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When I create a pdf from a word document, some of the formatting appears on the pdf as a #. For example, I have my company logo in the header of the word doc, followed by a blank line (if you set the word doc to show formatting it appears as a ¶). When I print to pdf there is a # under my logo on every page. This is in the header of every page but not in other places where the formatting shows ¶. Any suggestions as to what is causing this? It started when I got a new computer.

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BarbLovesInDesign

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Word does not use the # sign for end of story indicator, so don't know why it shows up in the first place.
Do you have form fields, or maybe track changes turn on? Or something else?? You need to figure that out first.I am just guessing at a cause.

As you have a new computer, and maybe therefore a new installation of Word, there maybe something in Word's preferences (Known in Word as options) that controls something about image placement that is adding that symbol.

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Brainiac

What version of Word do you have? If it is a recent version, Acrobat X is too old to work properly with it. HOWEVER, it isn't Acrobat that's adding these formatting marks, and when you print to PDF you should get the same thing as printing to paper. However, oddly, the advise on the internet is that Word CANNOT print these marks...

Do you get them if you avoid Acrobat entirely and save as PDF instead? (Not recommended, but a good test).