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

L

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?
 
S

Stefan Blom

JoAnn Paules said:
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


lstanleyetienne said:
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?
 
S

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!



Stefan Blom said:
JoAnn Paules said:
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


lstanleyetienne said:
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?
 
J

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


Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
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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so
all may benefit.

Stefan Blom said:
JoAnn Paules said:
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?
 
S

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.



JoAnn Paules said:
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


Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
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.

Stefan Blom said:
:

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?
 

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