Re: In Word 2002 how do I remove all those dots (.............) be

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From: Word Guy (WordGuy_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/30/05 

Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:33:04 -0800

Hello Chuck....It's more than just not seeing the dots on the screen. I have
to get rid of them completely so that my words are pulled together on the
screen for writing and editing purposes. I have to go from:

It was a dark and stormy............................night

to:

It was a dark and stormy night

so that I can read it on the screen as shown above. Otherwise, I will just
be reading on the screen:

It was a dark and stormy night.

And my editor ain't gonna like that....lol.

Thank you and best wishes,

Michael (Word Guy)
"Chuck Davis" wrote:

> Simply click on the Show/Hide icon on the tool bar. They don't print and are
> used for format troubleshooting.
> "Word Guy" <Word Guy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:450FF5EF-D964-4BE7-84B4-B183CC03898C@microsoft.com...
> > Example:
> >
> > It was a dark and stormy.........................................night.
> >
> > How do I get rid of all of those dots? They are nonprinting characters.
> > How
> > do I delete them? I have hundreds of pages which need this correction.
> > It's a
> > serious problem for me.
> >
> > Thank you.
>
>
>

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