I have office 2003. As i type instead of there being spaces in between my
words there are dots. They don't print but only appear in the workspace.
Other symbols go along with this but the dots are the most annoying.

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

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racer66 wrote:
> I have office 2003. As i type instead of there being spaces in
> between my words there are dots. They don't print but only appear in
> the workspace. Other symbols go along with this but the dots are the
> most annoying.

Thank you! I'm tryng to wite an essay and that was bugging the crap out of me.

"Opinicus" wrote:

> "racer66" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>
> >I have office 2003. As i type instead of there being spaces in between my
> > words there are dots. They don't print but only appear in the workspace.
> > Other symbols go along with this but the dots are the most annoying.
>
> Tools > Options > View > Formatting Marks
>
> You probably have [x] All ticked. Untick it.
>
> I think there's a keystroke combination that automatically turns these on or
> toggles them. I can never remember what it is but I know I do hit it by
> mistake from time to time so I've memorized the above sequence.
>
> --
> Bob
> http://www.kanyak.com
>
>
>

On the standard menu. Unmark the backwards-P

"racer66" skrev:

> I have office 2003. As i type instead of there being spaces in between my
> words there are dots. They don't print but only appear in the workspace.
> Other symbols go along with this but the dots are the most annoying.

Or you could be pressing Ctrl+Shift+8 by mistake (see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm).

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Opinicus" wrote in message
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> "sinto" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>
>>> I have office 2003. As i type instead of there being spaces in between
>>> my
>>> words there are dots. They don't print but only appear in the workspace.
>>> Other symbols go along with this but the dots are the most annoying.
>
>> On the standard menu. Unmark the backwards-P
> So that's what that's for...
>
> I wonder if that's what I'm occasionally hitting by mistake?
>
> --
> Bob
> http://www.kanyak.com
>
>

How does someone press "Ctrl-Shift-8" by mistake?

I bet all these folk who don't know what the Non-printing Characters
button is for have also never tried the one next to it, the
extraordinarily useful "Document Map" button.

On Apr 11, 5:53*am, "Stefan Blom" <no.s...@please.xyz> wrote:
> Or you could be pressing Ctrl+Shift+8 by mistake (seehttp://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm).
>
> --
> Stefan Blom
> Microsoft Word MVP
>
> "Opinicus" wrote in message
>
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
>
> > "sinto" <si...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>
> >>> I have office 2003. As i type instead of there being spaces in between
> >>> my
> >>> words there are dots. They don't print but only appear in the workspace.
> >>> Other symbols go along with this but the dots are the most annoying.
>
> >> On the standard menu. Unmark the backwards-P
> > So that's what that's for...
>
> > I wonder if that's what I'm occasionally hitting by mistake?

By mistake--clearly. ;-)

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"grammatim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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How does someone press "Ctrl-Shift-8" by mistake?

By accidentally including the Ctrl key when trying to type an asterisk?

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

"grammatim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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How does someone press "Ctrl-Shift-8" by mistake?

I bet all these folk who don't know what the Non-printing Characters
button is for have also never tried the one next to it, the
extraordinarily useful "Document Map" button.

On Apr 11, 5:53 am, "Stefan Blom" <no.s...@please.xyz> wrote:
> Or you could be pressing Ctrl+Shift+8 by mistake
> (seehttp://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm).
>
> --
> Stefan Blom
> Microsoft Word MVP
>
> "Opinicus" wrote in message
>
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
>
> > "sinto" <si...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>
> >>> I have office 2003. As i type instead of there being spaces in between
> >>> my
> >>> words there are dots. They don't print but only appear in the
> >>> workspace.
> >>> Other symbols go along with this but the dots are the most annoying.
>
> >> On the standard menu. Unmark the backwards-P
> > So that's what that's for...
>
> > I wonder if that's what I'm occasionally hitting by mistake?

Or whatever character is inserted, depending on the chosen keyboard layout,
when you press Shift+8 (for me, who uses a Swedish keyboard, that would be
"(").

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> By accidentally including the Ctrl key when trying to type an asterisk?
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>
> "grammatim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:10d1daf5-c953-4d42-a7ac-(E-Mail Removed)...
> How does someone press "Ctrl-Shift-8" by mistake?
>
> I bet all these folk who don't know what the Non-printing Characters
> button is for have also never tried the one next to it, the
> extraordinarily useful "Document Map" button.
>
> On Apr 11, 5:53 am, "Stefan Blom" <no.s...@please.xyz> wrote:
>> Or you could be pressing Ctrl+Shift+8 by mistake
>> (seehttp://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm).
>>
>> --
>> Stefan Blom
>> Microsoft Word MVP
>>
>> "Opinicus" wrote in message
>>
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>
>>
>> > "sinto" <si...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>>
>> >>> I have office 2003. As i type instead of there being spaces in
>> >>> between
>> >>> my
>> >>> words there are dots. They don't print but only appear in the
>> >>> workspace.
>> >>> Other symbols go along with this but the dots are the most annoying.
>>
>> >> On the standard menu. Unmark the backwards-P
>> > So that's what that's for...
>>
>> > I wonder if that's what I'm occasionally hitting by mistake?
>
>

I'm having this problem but with Outlook email. Do you know how to fix this?
Rob

"Opinicus" wrote:

> "racer66" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>
> >I have office 2003. As i type instead of there being spaces in between my
> > words there are dots. They don't print but only appear in the workspace.
> > Other symbols go along with this but the dots are the most annoying.
>
> Tools > Options > View > Formatting Marks
>
> You probably have [x] All ticked. Untick it.
>
> I think there's a keystroke combination that automatically turns these on or
> toggles them. I can never remember what it is but I know I do hit it by
> mistake from time to time so I've memorized the above sequence.
>
> --
> Bob
> http://www.kanyak.com
>
>
>