| Hidden character | What it represents |
|---|
 | End of Paragraph |
 | Soft return (line break) |
 | Space |
 | End of Story |
 | Discretionary Hyphen |
 | Nonbreaking Hyphen |
 | Tab |
 | Right Indent Tab |
 | Indent to Here |
 | End Nested Style Here |
 | Non-Joiner |
 | Ideographic Space |
 | Em Space |
 | En Space |
 | Nonbreaking Space |
 | Nonbreaking Space (Fixed Width) |
 | Hair Space |
 | Sixth Space |
 | Thin Space |
 | Quarter Space |
 | Third Space |
 | Punctuation Space |
 | Figure Space |
 | Flush Space |
 | Column Break |
 | Frame Break |
 | Page Break |
 | Odd Page Break |
 | Even Page Break |
 | Forced Line Break |
 | InCopy Note |
 | InCopy Note (in Story Editor) |
 | Position marker (InCopy only) |
 | Index marker |
 | Index marker (in Story Editor) |
 | Hidden conditional text |
 | Hidden conditional text (in Story Editor) |
 | Bookmark or hyperlink destination marker (often a text anchor) |
 | Bookmark or hyperlink destination marker (in Story Editor) |
 | Hyperlink destination (in Story Editor) |
 | Cross-referenced paragraph |
 | Cross-reference hyperlink (in Story Editor) |
 | Anchored object |
 | Anchored object (in Story Editor) |
 | XML tag |
 | XML tag (in Story Editor) |
 | Footnote (in Story Editor) |
 | Table (in Story Editor) |
 | Variable (in Story Editor) |
 | Index marker (in Story Editor) |