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Show/Hide non-printable characters

Text > Show/Hide non-printable chars

This tool allows you to quickly display non-printable characters (e.g., tab characters, line breaks, non-breaking spaces, and other control characters) for text in selected cells. This eliminates problems associated with invisible characters that can cause formatting errors, incorrect sorting, or unexpected behavior of functions.

The tool replaces non-printable characters with their visual representations (e.g., → for a tab character) in cells, allowing the user to find, understand, and correct hidden data issues. When used again, the characters revert to their original state.


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Text > Show/Hide non-printable chars

After applying:

Text > Show/Hide non-printable chars

Running this tool

Click YLC Utilities > Text > Show/Hide non-printable chars :

YLC Utilities > Text › Show/Hide non-printable characters
YLC Utilities > Text › Show/Hide non-printable characters

How much time will it save?

By using this tool, you are guaranteed to save time and effort. However, the actual time savings depend on how often you use Excel (Calc), the amount of data you work with, and how often you use this tool.

Download extension

You can use the Show/Hide non-printable chars utility by installing the YLC Utilities extension.

After that, this function will be available in all files that are opened in Excel (LibreOffice Calc).


Additional keywords for this tool:
Show non-printable, hidden characters, data cleanup, control characters, text formatting

The YLC Utilities menu in LO Calc

The YLC Utilities menu in LO Calc

The YLC Utilities menu in Excel

The YLC Utilities menu in Excel