AHHHH!!!!!!!

[racer66]

I have office 2003. As i type instead of there being spaces in between my
words there are dots. They don't print but only appear in the workspace.
Other symbols go along with this but the dots are the most annoying.

 

[Opinicus]

I have office 2003. As i type instead of there being spaces in between my
words there are dots. They don't print but only appear in the workspace.
Other symbols go along with this but the dots are the most annoying.

Tools > Options > View > Formatting Marks

You probably have [x] All ticked. Untick it.

I think there's a keystroke combination that automatically turns these on or
toggles them. I can never remember what it is but I know I do hit it by
mistake from time to time so I've memorized the above sequence.

 

[Graham Mayor]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm

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[racer66]

Thank you! I'm tryng to wite an essay and that was bugging the crap out of me.

I have office 2003. As i type instead of there being spaces in between my
words there are dots. They don't print but only appear in the workspace.
Other symbols go along with this but the dots are the most annoying.

Tools > Options > View > Formatting Marks

You probably have [x] All ticked. Untick it.

I think there's a keystroke combination that automatically turns these on or
toggles them. I can never remember what it is but I know I do hit it by
mistake from time to time so I've memorized the above sequence.

 

[sinto]

I have office 2003. As i type instead of there being spaces in between my
words there are dots. They don't print but only appear in the workspace.
Other symbols go along with this but the dots are the most annoying.

 

[Opinicus]

On the standard menu. Unmark the backwards-P

So that's what that's for...

I wonder if that's what I'm occasionally hitting by mistake?

 

[Stefan Blom]

Or you could be pressing Ctrl+Shift+8 by mistake (see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm).

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


in message

 

[grammatim]

How does someone press "Ctrl-Shift-8" by mistake?

I bet all these folk who don't know what the Non-printing Characters
button is for have also never tried the one next to it, the
extraordinarily useful "Document Map" button.

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

By mistake--clearly. ;-)

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Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


How does someone press "Ctrl-Shift-8" by mistake?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

By accidentally including the Ctrl key when trying to type an asterisk?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

How does someone press "Ctrl-Shift-8" by mistake?

I bet all these folk who don't know what the Non-printing Characters
button is for have also never tried the one next to it, the
extraordinarily useful "Document Map" button.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Or whatever character is inserted, depending on the chosen keyboard layout,
when you press Shift+8 (for me, who uses a Swedish keyboard, that would be
"(").

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


in message

 

[RobW]

I'm having this problem but with Outlook email. Do you know how to fix this?
Rob

I have office 2003. As i type instead of there being spaces in between my
words there are dots. They don't print but only appear in the workspace.
Other symbols go along with this but the dots are the most annoying.

Tools > Options > View > Formatting Marks

You probably have [x] All ticked. Untick it.

I think there's a keystroke combination that automatically turns these on or
toggles them. I can never remember what it is but I know I do hit it by
mistake from time to time so I've memorized the above sequence.

 

[Yves Dhondt]

In Outlook 2007, open a new message and go to the "Format Text" tab. Make
sure the pilcrow (the inverted P in the paragraph group) is not selected.

Yves

I'm having this problem but with Outlook email. Do you know how to fix
this?
Rob

I have office 2003. As i type instead of there being spaces in between
my
words there are dots. They don't print but only appear in the
workspace.
Other symbols go along with this but the dots are the most annoying.

Tools > Options > View > Formatting Marks

You probably have [x] All ticked. Untick it.

I think there's a keystroke combination that automatically turns these on
or
toggles them. I can never remember what it is but I know I do hit it by
mistake from time to time so I've memorized the above sequence.

 

[Graham Mayor]

This will only occur in Outlook if you use Word as e-mail editor (or in 2007
the Word-like e-mail editor) and thus the answer is the same as posted
earlier.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP


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I'm having this problem but with Outlook email. Do you know how to
fix this? Rob

I have office 2003. As i type instead of there being spaces in
between my words there are dots. They don't print but only appear
in the workspace. Other symbols go along with this but the dots are
the most annoying.

Tools > Options > View > Formatting Marks

You probably have [x] All ticked. Untick it.

I think there's a keystroke combination that automatically turns
these on or toggles them. I can never remember what it is but I know
I do hit it by mistake from time to time so I've memorized the above
sequence.