Sign for paragraph automatically appears and dots between words

[NatsSan]

I had tried to copy and paste something from Google into a Word document. All
of a sudden the paragraph symbol started appearing and dots in between words.
I can't rid of it. Now all of a sudden all of my Word documents have that. I
even uninstalled and reinstalled Word in hopes that would correct it. No such
luck.

Does anyone have a suggestion other than reformatting which I do not want to
do.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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

 

[Lene Fredborg]

You have turned on formatting marks (nonprinting characters).
Press Ctrl+Shift+8 or click the ¶ icon on the Standard toolbar to turn off
formatting marks. If this does not help, select Tools > Options > View tab
and make sure that both "Spaces" and "All" are deselected in the Formatting
marks group. Click OK.

For further details about formatting marks, see this article:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm

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Regards
Lene Fredborg
DocTools - Denmark
www.thedoctools.com
Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word

 

[NatsSan]

Thank you so much. I've used Word for years and have never had this happen.
I do believe I had a panic attack. Your information has been most helpful.