why does a bullet appear between words when I use space bar?

[lstanleyetienne]

I had to replace my keyboard on my Inspiron 5100 and now when I type in Word,
I get a bullet point between all words when I hit the space bar. So, instead
of getting a space, it displays a bullet point between each word. Can this be
corrected?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

It's not a bullet, it's a non-printing character that indicates there's a
space in there.
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm

(Some of us can't work without them.)

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

 

[Stefan Blom]

It's not a bullet, it's a non-printing character that indicates there's a
space in there.
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm

(Some of us can't work without them.)

I'm one of those people. The nonprinting marks don't clutter the screen; it
is empty without them.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

I had to replace my keyboard on my Inspiron 5100 and now when I type in
Word,
I get a bullet point between all words when I hit the space bar. So,
instead
of getting a space, it displays a bullet point between each word. Can this
be
corrected?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Same here. I can (and often do) proofread without nonprinting characters,
but when I really feel at sea is when I look at a page without text
boundaries!

It's not a bullet, it's a non-printing character that indicates there's a
space in there.
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm

(Some of us can't work without them.)

I'm one of those people. The nonprinting marks don't clutter the screen; it
is empty without them.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

I had to replace my keyboard on my Inspiron 5100 and now when I type in
Word,
I get a bullet point between all words when I hit the space bar. So,
instead
of getting a space, it displays a bullet point between each word. Can this
be
corrected?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

That's a feature I don't use. How could it help me?

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

Same here. I can (and often do) proofread without nonprinting characters,
but when I really feel at sea is when I look at a page without text
boundaries!

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

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It's not a bullet, it's a non-printing character that indicates there's a
space in there.
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm

(Some of us can't work without them.)

I'm one of those people. The nonprinting marks don't clutter the screen; it
is empty without them.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


message I had to replace my keyboard on my Inspiron 5100 and now when I type
in
Word,
I get a bullet point between all words when I hit the space bar. So,
instead
of getting a space, it displays a bullet point between each word. Can this
be
corrected?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Well, for one thing it means that you'll not only see the page margins but
also the outlines of any text boxes or frames even if they're borderless and
not selected. This can be extremely helpful in troubleshooting issues such
as that described at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UnaccountablyIndented.htm. I know that
text boundaries are not for everyone, but I'm so used to seeing them that
working on a totally blank page makes me very uneasy.

That's a feature I don't use. How could it help me?

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

Same here. I can (and often do) proofread without nonprinting characters,
but when I really feel at sea is when I look at a page without text
boundaries!

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

:

It's not a bullet, it's a non-printing character that indicates

there's
a

space in there.
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm

(Some of us can't work without them.)

I'm one of those people. The nonprinting marks don't clutter the

screen;
it

is empty without them.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP





--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


message I had to replace my keyboard on my Inspiron 5100 and now when I type
in
Word,
I get a bullet point between all words when I hit the space bar. So,
instead
of getting a space, it displays a bullet point between each word.

Can
this

be
corrected?