Bev and Jerry
To see the coding behind the text in Word, look at the standard toolbar and look for the icon that looks like a musical note. Its called Show/Hide. Its an on off icon. I use it all the time.
You also need to work and understand the following menu options, Tools - Auto Correct and Tools Options.
With the knowledge of how the above three work, you should never really have too many problems. I used to teach at advanced level for Word.
I used to teach the reveal codes in WP a long time ago. I used to be really hot on the reveal codes, which at the time I used to think were the bees knees. Probably forgotten most of it now.
Hope this is of some help.