Tools -- Options, View tab. Uncheck the ones you don't want.

(If you properly define styles, you won't need extra spacing between
paragraphs.)

LR

"Boo Radley 401" wrote:

While typing a word document, my office helper suddenly appeared and changed
my document so that paragraph symbols appear with ever new paragraph and dots
for spaces appear between every word. I hate them with a white hot hatred.
Any ideas how I can get rid of them?