Dots Between Sentences

[Jay Freedman]

Hi, Wisk,

The "ring" (actually a degree symbol) represents a nonbreaking space. Quoting
from http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm,

Adegreesymbolrepresentsanonbreakingspace(Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar),whichyoucan
usetopreventwordsfrombeingseparatedattheendofaline.

I hope that makes it through the news server the way I entered it. <g> If not,
go have a look at the web page.

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

"Wisk" <wis...@chaffee.net> wrote in message
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> I just got my Microsoft Word 2002 and at first, when I
> showed the hidden characters, there was not just one
> black dot between sentences, but also a larger ring dot
> with it slightly higher. Now I only see two black dots
> instead of the nice ring. It was easier to proofread
> documents quickly when I had the black dot and the ring.
> How do I restore the ring? It is in the "tools-options"
> sections?
> Wisk

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Actually, if you're seeing spaces *and* nonbreak spaces, there's a good
change the text was pasted from the Web, since this is not something you
normally get in Word.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Jay Freedman" <jay.fr...@verizon.net> wrote in message
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Read "there's a good *chance*"!

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbar...@mvps.org> wrote in message
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