A method for displaying formatting of text includes, receiving an input, wherein the input is a selected range of text, determining a formatting attribute of the selected range of text, displaying the determined formatting attribute, determining an amount of text having the formatting attribute in the selected range of text relative to a total amount of text in the selected range of text, marking the formatting attribute displayed with a non-textual indicator, marking the determined formatting attribute with a second type of indicator operative to indicate the amount of text having each of the formatting attribute in the selected range of text relative to the total amount of text in the selected range of text, marking text in the selected range of text with the non-textual indicator corresponding to the formatting attribute of the text in the selected range of text.