Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1   Report Post  
Toon
 
Posts: n/a
Default Word 97 weird looking symbols on monitor

For the last 7 days, when I tried to open a document made from Word 97, it
took very long to open.

Now, today, all of my Word documents ( around 150 Ea. ) have weird looking
symbols spread throughout the document while looking at the monitor.

The symbols look similar to a symbol you would see on a sheet of music.

However, when I print the document, it prints fine without the weird symbols.

When I install a backup disk with a Word Document, the symbols appear on the
monitor.

Can ANYONE help me get rid of these weird symbols ? Please !!
  #2   Report Post  
Doug Robbins
 
Posts: n/a
Default

Is ¶ amongst them? If so, click on the ¶ button on the toolbar.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Toon" wrote in message
news
For the last 7 days, when I tried to open a document made from Word 97, it
took very long to open.

Now, today, all of my Word documents ( around 150 Ea. ) have weird
looking
symbols spread throughout the document while looking at the monitor.

The symbols look similar to a symbol you would see on a sheet of music.

However, when I print the document, it prints fine without the weird
symbols.

When I install a backup disk with a Word Document, the symbols appear on
the
monitor.

Can ANYONE help me get rid of these weird symbols ? Please !!



  #3   Report Post  
Suzanne S. Barnhill
 
Posts: n/a
Default

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Toon" wrote in message
news
For the last 7 days, when I tried to open a document made from Word 97, it
took very long to open.

Now, today, all of my Word documents ( around 150 Ea. ) have weird

looking
symbols spread throughout the document while looking at the monitor.

The symbols look similar to a symbol you would see on a sheet of music.

However, when I print the document, it prints fine without the weird

symbols.

When I install a backup disk with a Word Document, the symbols appear on

the
monitor.

Can ANYONE help me get rid of these weird symbols ? Please !!


  #4   Report Post  
Toon
 
Posts: n/a
Default

That took care of the problem !! Thank you so much !!!!!!

"Doug Robbins" wrote:

Is ¶ amongst them? If so, click on the ¶ button on the toolbar.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Toon" wrote in message
news
For the last 7 days, when I tried to open a document made from Word 97, it
took very long to open.

Now, today, all of my Word documents ( around 150 Ea. ) have weird
looking
symbols spread throughout the document while looking at the monitor.

The symbols look similar to a symbol you would see on a sheet of music.

However, when I print the document, it prints fine without the weird
symbols.

When I install a backup disk with a Word Document, the symbols appear on
the
monitor.

Can ANYONE help me get rid of these weird symbols ? Please !!




  #5   Report Post  
Toon
 
Posts: n/a
Default

Thank you very much for the web site !
I now feel like an idiot !!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Toon" wrote in message
news
For the last 7 days, when I tried to open a document made from Word 97, it
took very long to open.

Now, today, all of my Word documents ( around 150 Ea. ) have weird

looking
symbols spread throughout the document while looking at the monitor.

The symbols look similar to a symbol you would see on a sheet of music.

However, when I print the document, it prints fine without the weird

symbols.

When I install a backup disk with a Word Document, the symbols appear on

the
monitor.

Can ANYONE help me get rid of these weird symbols ? Please !!





  #6   Report Post  
Suzanne S. Barnhill
 
Posts: n/a
Default

No, no! You shouldn't feel like an idiot! You should feel vastly better
educated and knowledgeable now!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Toon" wrote in message
...
Thank you very much for the web site !
I now feel like an idiot !!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the

newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Toon" wrote in message
news
For the last 7 days, when I tried to open a document made from Word

97, it
took very long to open.

Now, today, all of my Word documents ( around 150 Ea. ) have weird

looking
symbols spread throughout the document while looking at the monitor.

The symbols look similar to a symbol you would see on a sheet of

music.

However, when I print the document, it prints fine without the weird

symbols.

When I install a backup disk with a Word Document, the symbols appear

on
the
monitor.

Can ANYONE help me get rid of these weird symbols ? Please !!




Reply
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Does Word have Keyboard Merges like Word Perfect does? Donnas Mailmerge 1 June 28th 05 09:30 PM
Word2000 letterhead merge BAW Mailmerge 3 June 25th 05 01:17 PM
Underscore (_) will not always display in RTF files (Word 2002). David A Edge Microsoft Word Help 6 June 14th 05 10:39 AM
Making Word do something that Wordperfect can do NarniaUK New Users 4 May 1st 05 10:44 PM
Wordperfect Office 2000 conversion to Word 2003 MikeE New Users 1 March 21st 05 01:04 AM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 10:42 PM.

Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 Microsoft Office Word Forum - WordBanter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Microsoft Word"