Help with word 2003

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I am having a problem with my word program. When i opened up the program it shows the formatting symbols when i type. how do i get rid of them.if you dont quite understand what i am talking about it is the dots for space,and odd symbols for the next line.. any help will be appriciated.
 
Jesse James said:
I am having a problem with my word program. When i opened up the program
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it shows the formatting symbols when i type. how do i get rid of them.if you
dont quite understand what i am talking about it is the dots for space,and
odd symbols for the next line.. any help will be appriciated.

In Word 2003 look at the toolbar for a icon that looks like a "Pie" sign
with a black dot on the left {actually is the paragraph symbol}. Click on
this icon to shift between showing the formatting symbols and not.

Don
 
I don't know how to start a topic, but I need HELP!!! I have been working on
WP for years and now I am on Word 2003. While most of it has been great
there is one problem I am encountering that is driving me crazy.

Ctrl-U is underline in both WP and Word. However, I have to keep going into
tool, options, and compatability to check the box for underlining and
trailing spaces....What I want it to do after that is to KEEP those settings,
but I have to do it for every document and somehow this makes no sense to me.

Can SOMEONE HELP ME please.
 
Have you tried asking in the Word newsgroups?

|I don't know how to start a topic, but I need HELP!!! I have been working
on
| WP for years and now I am on Word 2003. While most of it has been great
| there is one problem I am encountering that is driving me crazy.
|
| Ctrl-U is underline in both WP and Word. However, I have to keep going
into
| tool, options, and compatability to check the box for underlining and
| trailing spaces....What I want it to do after that is to KEEP those
settings,
| but I have to do it for every document and somehow this makes no sense to
me.
|
| Can SOMEONE HELP ME please.
|
| "Jesse James" wrote:
|
| > I am having a problem with my word program. When i opened up the program
it shows the formatting symbols when i type. how do i get rid of them.if you
dont quite understand what i am talking about it is the dots for space,and
odd symbols for the next line.. any help will be appriciated.
 
No I haven't...don't know if I am allowed to access them from work. Can you
give me directions please.

Thanks
 
Try this suggestion: the Compatibility box relates only to the open
Document. Instead try editing the template normal.dot and using the
Compatibility box. Close normal.dot and the next time you open a new
document it will underline trailing spaces like you want.

If you don't know where normal.dot is kept look in Tools/Options/File
Locations.

Hope this works!

John
 
YOu won't believe this but there is nothing in there that says template
normal.dot. However a search on my computer found 6 normal.dots, but not in
that box.

I am LOST....really as to what to do. I am one of 10 people on this server
but I don't have administrative privileges. At this point I am getting
frustrated.
Any other suggestions?
 
You have a SEPARATE normal.dot for each User on your computer.

Look for the one that relates to your User Name e.g. C:\Documents and
Settings\YourName\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates. That's the one you
want. Open it in Word (remember to look for "All Files (*.*) when Opening)
and do what I suggested. It will work, trust me.

John
 
I hate to sound like an idiot, but the normal dot is not where you said it
should be. And now I have another problem....now when I highlight something
to delete and push the delete button a message comes across the bottom of the
screen asking me whether I want to delete or not....Sheesh I remember than
from Dos WP 4.2...

I don't recall doing anything to make that happen and even when the computer
person came in through remote on my computer she couldn't fix it. Actually I
don't think she knows much myself. Maybe we need a new computer tech.

I appreciate all your help and I hate to be bothering like this but I am
getting frustrated.

TYIA
 
No I haven't...don't know if I am allowed to access them from work. Can you
give me directions please.

Thanks
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