Confidential Text Symbols

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When you need to hide sensitive information in a document, you can cover the text with black or shaped blocks, like using a marker. Here's how to do it: Choose a block symbol and copy it. Go to the document you want to hide text in, select the text, and paste the block over it many times. You can also use different shaped blocks like '▙ ▚ ▟ ▛▄ ▟▀▄▚' for this.
Text symbol Meaning Copy and Paste
full square block
upper half of square block
lower half of square block
left half of square block
right half of square block
quadrant lower right in square block
quadrant upper left in square block
square block includes quadrant upper left and lower left and lower right
square block includes quadrant upper left and lower right
square block includes quadrant upper left and upper right and lower left
square block includes quadrant upper left and upper right and lower right
square block includes quadrant upper right
square block includes quadrant upper right and lower left
square block includes quadrant upper right and lower left and lower right
quadrant lower left in square block
light shade of square block
medium shade of square block
dark shade of square block
black circle