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?

Take a long cold drink, and maybe some antacids... and click the ¶ button on
the toolbar, or press Ctrl+*.

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

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