Word 97 weird looking symbols on monitor

[Toon]

For the last 7 days, when I tried to open a document made from Word 97, it
took very long to open.

Now, today, all of my Word documents ( around 150 Ea. ) have weird looking
symbols spread throughout the document while looking at the monitor.

The symbols look similar to a symbol you would see on a sheet of music.

However, when I print the document, it prints fine without the weird symbols.

When I install a backup disk with a Word Document, the symbols appear on the
monitor.

Can ANYONE help me get rid of these weird symbols ? Please !!

 

[Doug Robbins]

Is ¶ amongst them? If so, click on the ¶ button on the toolbar.

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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

 

[Toon]

That took care of the problem !! Thank you so much !!!!!!

 

[Toon]

Thank you very much for the web site !
I now feel like an idiot !!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

No, no! You shouldn't feel like an idiot! You should feel vastly better
educated and knowledgeable now!