See "What do all those funny marks, like the dots between the words in my
document, and the square bullets in the left margin, mean?" at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"beachzz" wrote in message
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i let my nephew use my computer and now when i open word, there's this
strange symbol, like a "q" with a line next to it. when i try to type,
everything is underlined, and there are dots between each word. but if i
copy and paste or atttach it, it comes out right. any ideas or
suggestions
as to how i can fix this?