something in word

mtruckme

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Aug 5, 2005, 5:59:33 PM8/5/05

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i'm trying to use microsoft word but my mom did something in it to where it
marks everytime i press the space button or the enter button. how do i turn
that off?

Greg Maxey

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Aug 5, 2005, 6:05:26 PM8/5/05

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CTRL+Shift and *

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Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.

mtruckme

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Aug 5, 2005, 6:05:45 PM8/5/05

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i'm trying to use microsoft word but my mom did something and so everytime
you press the space bar or enter button it displays something between the
words. how do i turn it off?

Michelle

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Aug 5, 2005, 6:11:02 PM8/5/05

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Go to: tools/options

Under the View tab, uncheck the boxes by spaces and paragraph marks.

(You don't really have to turn those off, as they only show up on the
screen. When you print the document, those marks won't show whether or not
you uncheck the boxes.)

Suzanne S. Barnhill

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Aug 5, 2005, 7:13:57 PM8/5/05

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

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]

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Aug 5, 2005, 8:11:40 PM8/5/05

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Why do people dislike that feature? I think it's terrific but the only other
person I know who uses it is my husband.

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Michelle

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Aug 5, 2005, 10:59:05 PM8/5/05

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I love it, and use it, because I like to be able to see what I'm doing.
However, it could have been my own daughter who asked the question, because
I'm always turning it on! (It wasn't her--she would have just asked me.)

JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]

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Aug 5, 2005, 11:09:44 PM8/5/05

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I like it because it often explains why things look the way they do and why
the moment you make one little change, everything else goes all
catty-whompus!

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Suzanne S. Barnhill

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Aug 6, 2005, 12:30:01 AM8/6/05

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My husband *doesn't* use it (except selectively), and I feel uncomfortable
whenever I try to help him with something. But then as soon as I turn it on
on his computer, I immediately turn it back off so I won't throw up seeing
the formatting of the stuff he's trying to edit (Enter, Enter, Tab, Tab,
Tab, Tab, space, space). I hasten to point out that *he* knows better, but
he gets stuff from other people that he has to edit and send in for a
section of a professional newsletter.

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JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]

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Aug 6, 2005, 1:01:02 AM8/6/05

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I'm bad. I tend to turn it on when using someone else's computer - and then
forget to turn it off.

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Anne Troy

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Aug 6, 2005, 12:55:26 PM8/6/05

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ROFL!!!
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