dots appearing between all words in Word 2003
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From: Yvonne J on 3 Jun 2010 03:29 All of a sudden, dots are appearing between all words in Word 2003. What have I done ??? -- Yvonne J
From: Graham Mayor on 3 Jun 2010 03:49
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 -- <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> "Yvonne J" <YvonneJ(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9174A174-98BF-4FF1-982A-1B4F1B93F47D(a)microsoft.com... > All of a sudden, dots are appearing between all words in Word 2003. > What have I done ??? > -- > Yvonne J |