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Skip - 14 Mar 2006 04:06 GMT

I recently accidentally set something up in outlook that now puts dots in
between each of my words when they are typed and some strange symbol at the
end of each line. Can someone please tell me how to turn this "feature" off
as I have no idea what I did or how to undo it. Thanks in advance, skip

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Pat Garard - 14 Mar 2006 09:33 GMT

G'Day Skip,

What you have done is turned on, in WORD, the display of non-printing
characters.

On Word's Standard Toolbar find the button with "¶" on it.

Click this once to turn them off.

For a full description see:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm.

I always leave them on - personal preference.

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Pat Garard
Melbourne, Australia
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>I recently accidentally set something up in outlook that now puts dots in
>between each of my words when they are typed and some strange symbol at the end
>of each line. Can someone please tell me how to turn this "feature" off as I
>have no idea what I did or how to undo it. Thanks in advance, skip

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Skip - 14 Mar 2006 19:43 GMT

Thanks Pat, I really appreciate your kind help on this. I opened Word as
you mentioned, and noted that the button you mentioned is in the off
position. It toggled on and off with the Control-Shift * command or hitting
the symbol. After insuring that Word had the symbol off, when going back
into Outlook and starting a new message, I continue to have my new messages
type out with the symbol and dots as previously mentioned. I think I have
somehow changed settings in Outlook, but could not find the symbol you
mentioned, except on new messages, when it is grayed out and unable to be
toggled. Any further guidance would really be appreciated. Thanks again in
advance, Skip

> G'Day Skip,
>
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>>"feature" off as I have no idea what I did or how to undo it. Thanks in
>>advance, skip

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Pat Garard - 14 Mar 2006 21:57 GMT

Ok Skip,

Please try this:
In Outlook, create a New e-mail message.
When Word appears to create the new message, be sure to click in the
message area where you normally type the message - you should now be able
to click the button.

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Pat Garard
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> Thanks Pat, I really appreciate your kind help on this. I opened Word as you
> mentioned, and noted that the button you mentioned is in the off position. It
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>>>end of each line. Can someone please tell me how to turn this "feature" off
>>>as I have no idea what I did or how to undo it. Thanks in advance, skip

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Brian Tillman - 14 Mar 2006 22:14 GMT

> Thanks Pat, I really appreciate your kind help on this. I opened
> Word as you mentioned, and noted that the button you mentioned is in
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> further guidance would really be appreciated. Thanks again in
> advance, Skip

Try this, then. In Word, click Tools>Options, and on the View tab, uncheck
any options you find in the "Formatting marks" section.

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