Little Purple Dots

[Rick]

We get these little purple dots under certain words in
both Microsoft Word and Outlook. The dots in Outlook
don't appear until a name is inserted into the TO box, and
then the underlines only appear under the days and dates
and nothing else. There are no Text Effects turned on, no
underline, and no Mark Formatting Inconsistencies. What
are these trying to tell us?

 

[Squire]

Try right clicking on the word to see if it has a suggested replacement or a
different spelling.
Apparently WORD doesn't recognize it.

 

[D.Currie]

We get these little purple dots under certain words in
both Microsoft Word and Outlook. The dots in Outlook
don't appear until a name is inserted into the TO box, and
then the underlines only appear under the days and dates
and nothing else. There are no Text Effects turned on, no
underline, and no Mark Formatting Inconsistencies. What
are these trying to tell us?

It's a Smart Tags function.

 

[NobodyMan]

We get these little purple dots under certain words in
both Microsoft Word and Outlook. The dots in Outlook
don't appear until a name is inserted into the TO box, and
then the underlines only appear under the days and dates
and nothing else. There are no Text Effects turned on, no
underline, and no Mark Formatting Inconsistencies. What
are these trying to tell us?

Your system has Computer Pox. It's like chicken pox but only affects
computers. If you have more than one computer, put them in the same
room so they can all get infected at once and you can get it over
with. With some TLC they will all recover just fine!

Just a little humor to brighten your day