[Sara]

Greg - I did what you suggested and the dots disappear, but I still have the
paragraph symbol and arrows pointing to addressees and date. It is driving
me crazy. How do I get rid of them - I am a novice user. If I click on
CTRl + Shift+ 8 it goes back to dots between words and if I click again it
gets rid of dots, but the other symbols remain. Any suggestions? Sara

"Greg" wrote:

CTRL+SHIFT+*

See:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm
-----Original Message-----
I suddenly have all of these symbols everywhere in my
document. I'm assuming
that they're formatting symbols. How do I hide them?
They're too distracting.
.

[Jay Freedman]

If you have Word 2003 or earlier, go to Tools Options View. If you have
Word 2007, go to Office button Word Options Display. In either case,
you'll see a series of checkboxes for tabs, spaces, paragraph marks, and so
forth, plus one labeled All. The Ctrl+Shift+8 shortcut only changes the All
setting. If any of the others are checked individually, they won't switch
off when you press the shortcut. Uncheck all of the boxes in that part of
the dialog, and the extra marks will disappear.

You should take a few minutes to learn what the marks are for, because they
can be useful. Read
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...PrintChars.htm.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.

Sara wrote:
Greg - I did what you suggested and the dots disappear, but I still
have the paragraph symbol and arrows pointing to addressees and date.
It is driving me crazy. How do I get rid of them - I am a novice
user. If I click on CTRl + Shift+ 8 it goes back to dots between
words and if I click again it gets rid of dots, but the other symbols
remain. Any suggestions? Sara

"Greg" wrote:

CTRL+SHIFT+*

See:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm
-----Original Message-----
I suddenly have all of these symbols everywhere in my
document. I'm assuming
that they're formatting symbols. How do I hide them?
They're too distracting.
.

[Terry Farrell]

Tools, Options, View and deselect all the items checked under non-printing
characters.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"Sara" wrote in message
...
Greg - I did what you suggested and the dots disappear, but I still have
the
paragraph symbol and arrows pointing to addressees and date. It is
driving
me crazy. How do I get rid of them - I am a novice user. If I click on
CTRl + Shift+ 8 it goes back to dots between words and if I click again it
gets rid of dots, but the other symbols remain. Any suggestions? Sara

"Greg" wrote:

CTRL+SHIFT+*

See:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm
-----Original Message-----
I suddenly have all of these symbols everywhere in my
document. I'm assuming
that they're formatting symbols. How do I hide them?
They're too distracting.
.

[Baraka]

"Sara" wrote:

Greg - I did what you suggested and the dots disappear, but I still have the
paragraph symbol and arrows pointing to addressees and date. It is driving
me crazy. How do I get rid of them - I am a novice user. If I click on
CTRl + Shift+ 8 it goes back to dots between words and if I click again it
gets rid of dots, but the other symbols remain. Any suggestions? Sara

"Greg" wrote:

CTRL+SHIFT+*

See:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm
-----Original Message-----
I suddenly have all of these symbols everywhere in my
document. I'm assuming
that they're formatting symbols. How do I hide them?
They're too distracting.
.


I have the same problem.... what do I do? Help me somebody.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Did you read the referenced article? It explains that "This button toggles
between display of all nonprinting characters and whatever specific
nonprinting characters you have chosen to display as an alternative." Please
read the further explanation in the article to answer your question.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Baraka" wrote in message
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"Sara" wrote:

Greg - I did what you suggested and the dots disappear, but I still have
the
paragraph symbol and arrows pointing to addressees and date. It is
driving
me crazy. How do I get rid of them - I am a novice user. If I click
on
CTRl + Shift+ 8 it goes back to dots between words and if I click again
it
gets rid of dots, but the other symbols remain. Any suggestions? Sara

"Greg" wrote:

CTRL+SHIFT+*

See:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm
-----Original Message-----
I suddenly have all of these symbols everywhere in my
document. I'm assuming
that they're formatting symbols. How do I hide them?
They're too distracting.
.


I have the same problem.... what do I do? Help me somebody.