paragraph mark

When I open any new Word document I always get a paragraph symbol where the first line would start. Under the paragraph section the paragraph symbol is highlighted, but it will not turn off. Also the symbol can not be deleted. Under the style Normal it has a paragraph symbol before the Normal...

I've been revising my resume and reduced it from one page to one. To do this, I added two columns to each section, but I get a second blank page that won't delete. I clicked on the button that shows paragraph marks and I have a paragraph mark that won't go away, it instead deletes the last...