why is there dots where spaces should be:?

[jayne34]

All my Word documents have got dots between the words instead of
space. Each time i use the space bar i get a dot instead of a space
It has affected all my exsisting Word documents. Can anyone help m
with undoing this

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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

 

[Greg Maxey]

All my Word documents have got dots between the words instead of a
space. Each time i use the  space bar i get a dot instead of a space.
It has affected all my exsisting Word documents. Can anyone help me
with undoing this?

Because nature abhors a vacuum ;-)

No, you have non-printing characters toggled to display. You can
usually eliminate this with CTRL+Shift+8

 

[grammatim]

Because nature abhors a vacuum ;-)

No, you have non-printing characters toggled to display.  You can
usually eliminate this with CTRL+Shift+8

Or click the "paragraph" button in the toolbar.

 

[jayne34]

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

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

"jayne34" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message

All my Word documents have got dots between the words instead of a
space. Each time i use the space bar i get a dot instead of a space.
It has affected all my exsisting Word documents. Can anyone help me
with undoing this?

many many thanks. this has solved my problem and i can continue with my
assignmnet in peace

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Glad I could help. Though those of us who depend on seeing the nonprinting
characters find it odd that so many users are freaked by them!