You've got Dot-Leader tab formatting. Are you sure it's occuring EVERY
document? If so, then it's stuck in your normal.dot file and you may need to
troubleshoot it. See:
http://www.officearticles.com/word/a...osoft_word.htm
http://www.officearticles.com/word/s...osoft_word.htm

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Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com

"Wowbagger" none wrote in message
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In my documents whenever I hit tab I get a series of dots that fill the
tabbed-over space. These dots actually print along with the page. How do
I make this stop (and what purpose does this feature serve?)

Word 2003

Thanks