why is the spacebar making dotted lines

[griffin]

why is the space bar making dots in word

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Your nonprinting characters are turn on.

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

 

[Stefan Blom]

You have nonprinting marks displayed. Click the ¶ button on the Standard toolbar
(Word 97-2003) or the Home tab (Word 2007) to turn them off.