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Old June 3rd, 2010, 08:29 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Yvonne J
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Default dots appearing between all words in Word 2003

All of a sudden, dots are appearing between all words in Word 2003.
What have I done ???
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Old June 3rd, 2010, 08:49 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Graham Mayor
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Default dots appearing between all words in Word 2003

You have turned on Word's hidden formatting characters. Press the ¶ button
or CTRL+SHIFT+8 to toggle the display.

If that doesn't work, it is possible that Word has corrupted its data key
where the formatting setting preferences are stored. Check Tools Options
View Formatting marks and ensure that all the boxes are unchecked.

If the setting changes back then delete the Word data key in the registry
and allow Word to build a new one. Even this may not totally fix the issue
as Word 2003 particularly had a bad habit of randomly changing settings
stored in the data key. If the problem persists - see the automacros at the
end of http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm and insert the following
code segment as a permanent fix

With ActiveWindow.View
.ShowTabs = False
.ShowSpaces = False
.ShowParagraphs = False
.ShowHyphens = False
.ShowHiddenText = False
.ShowAll = False
End With

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Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




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All of a sudden, dots are appearing between all words in Word 2003.
What have I done ???
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