Look for the ICON that looks like a backwards "P" and click it. You have the "Show non printable character" turned on. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == -----Original Message----- From: computers-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:computers-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Donna Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 7:04 AM To: computers@rootsweb.com Subject: [COMPUTERS] MS Word As I was trying to convert a power point file to ms word, all of a sudden I got all kinds of paragraph symbols etc. in Word. I'm sure they are characters for formating a paper. Trouble is now every time I open Word they appear. I can't figure out how to turn it off. Help. -- Thanks, Donna :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when replying. :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message