An extended ascii character always populates when starting word (cannot delete!)

[Blake Strangio]

Hello,

I keep getting an í character on the top left of a new word document. This
issue cannot be deleted via backspace or delete. I have tried deleted the
normal.dot files but to no avail. Has anyone encountered this issue before
and how do i get rid of it?

Thanks

 

[Blake Strangio]

I've notice that the í stay to the right of the insertion point. When i
print the document it ignores all text to the left of the í character.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm. Try increasing
your Zoom to 200% to see if the character looks like ¶.

 

[Blake Strangio]

The character still looks like í. This character behaves similar to the
show/hide ¶ function. It just ignores the line to the left of what is typed.
When return is selected, it doesnt keep an í at the previous line like
show/hide ¶ does. It just stays right to the insertion point at all times.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I assume this is not the cursor (insertion point)?

 

[Blake Strangio]

Correct, this seems to be a floating object to the right of the insertion
point.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Is there a table involved? Can you post a screen shot at, say 200% or 500%
Zoom?