How do I reformat to eliminate the dot in between each word?

When I open a Word document, I see the paragraph sign as the cursor, and each
space is punctuated with a dot. It's very distracting. I don't remember how
to get rid of this. Please help...

Click on the Show/Hide (¶) button.

See the article "What do all those funny marks, like the dots between the
words in my document, and the square bullets in the left margin, mean?" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...PrintChars.htm


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Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"sweettart" wrote in message
...
When I open a Word document, I see the paragraph sign as the cursor, and
each
space is punctuated with a dot. It's very distracting. I don't remember
how
to get rid of this. Please help...

Thanks so much. I had solved this problem years ago on another computer, and
don't know how/why it just started showing up on mine again. I appreciate
the reminder



"Doug Robbins - Word MVP on news.microsof" wrote:

Click on the Show/Hide (¶) button.

See the article "What do all those funny marks, like the dots between the
words in my document, and the square bullets in the left margin, mean?" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...PrintChars.htm


--
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, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"sweettart" wrote in message
...
When I open a Word document, I see the paragraph sign as the cursor, and
each
space is punctuated with a dot. It's very distracting. I don't remember
how
to get rid of this. Please help...

It probably showed up because you pressed Ctrl+*.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"sweettart" wrote in message
...
Thanks so much. I had solved this problem years ago on another computer,
and
don't know how/why it just started showing up on mine again. I appreciate
the reminder



"Doug Robbins - Word MVP on news.microsof" wrote:

Click on the Show/Hide (¶) button.

See the article "What do all those funny marks, like the dots between the
words in my document, and the square bullets in the left margin, mean?"
at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...PrintChars.htm


--
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, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"sweettart" wrote in message
...
When I open a Word document, I see the paragraph sign as the cursor,
and
each
space is punctuated with a dot. It's very distracting. I don't
remember
how
to get rid of this. Please help...