These are probably Characters you can turn them off by clicking the Character
key again. It looks similar to the (Pi) symbol on your tool bar.
I use Characters when I need to see the formatting of a document... for
example How many spaces between two words or How many lines I need to enter
to the next paragraph.
(.) are spaces
(pi) are enters
(arrows) are tabs
I hope this helps you,
ToniRae
