[PoeteMaudit]

When copying HTML pages into Words 2003, the program has started inserting
dots between words. Why? And how to prevent it?

[Peter T. Daniels]

Do you _not_ see the dots in other Word files??

If you don't, then the problem isn't that you've turned on Show Non-
Printing Characters (Ctrl-Shift-8).

On Mar 2, 12:04*pm, PoeteMaudit
wrote:
When copying HTML pages into Words 2003, the program has started inserting
dots between words. *Why? *And how to prevent it?

[Peter T. Daniels]

Do you _not_ see the dots in other Word files??

If you don't, then the problem isn't that you've turned on Show Non-
Printing Characters (Ctrl-Shift-8).

On Mar 2, 12:04*pm, PoeteMaudit
wrote:
When copying HTML pages into Words 2003, the program has started inserting
dots between words. *Why? *And how to prevent it?

[helloiamjessica]

how do you get rid of them i tried to use (Ctrl+Shift+8) like 5 billion times and all it shows is the paragraph marks and will not take away the dumb floating dots... they are very distracting and i can not finish writing my junior research paper... AND IT IS DUE TOMORROW!

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frmsrcurl: http://msgroups.net/microsoft.public...in-HTML-copies

[helloiamjessica]

how do you get rid of them i tried to use (Ctrl+Shift+8) like 5 billion times and all it shows is the paragraph marks and will not take away the dumb floating dots... they are very distracting and i can not finish writing my junior research paper... AND IT IS DUE TOMORROW!

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frmsrcurl: http://msgroups.net/microsoft.public...in-HTML-copies

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Tools | Options | View and clear all the check boxes under "Formatting
marks."

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

"helloiamjessica" / wrote in message
...
how do you get rid of them i tried to use (Ctrl+Shift+8) like 5 billion
times and all it shows is the paragraph marks and will not take away the
dumb floating dots... they are very distracting and i can not finish
writing my junior research paper... AND IT IS DUE TOMORROW!

---
frmsrcurl:
http://msgroups.net/microsoft.public...in-HTML-copies

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Tools | Options | View and clear all the check boxes under "Formatting
marks."

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

"helloiamjessica" / wrote in message
...
how do you get rid of them i tried to use (Ctrl+Shift+8) like 5 billion
times and all it shows is the paragraph marks and will not take away the
dumb floating dots... they are very distracting and i can not finish
writing my junior research paper... AND IT IS DUE TOMORROW!

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frmsrcurl:
http://msgroups.net/microsoft.public...in-HTML-copies

[GeekAtLarge]

Originally Posted by helloiamjessica

how do you get rid of them i tried to use (Ctrl+Shift+8) like 5 billion times and all it shows is the paragraph marks and will not take away the dumb floating dots... they are very distracting and i can not finish writing my junior research paper... AND IT IS DUE TOMORROW!

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frmsrcurl: http://msgroups.net/microsoft.public...in-HTML-copies

It sounds like the formatting marks for spaces is turned on continuously. In Word 2007, 2010, 2013, do the following: Click the "Office Button" in the top-left corner. (This looks like a circle around a four-color Microsoft logo.)

This opens a window with a "Word Options" button on the lower-right side. Press it.

Click the "Display" option in the left-hand column.

Uncheck the checkbox for "Spaces" in the "Always Show these formatting marks on the screen" section.

You are done!