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Microsoft Word - Page View Query?

Hi, All

I have pressed something (don't know what, I'm afraid) in MS Word.

I am typing a Microsoft Word document, and everytime i hit return, I get a backwards 'P', hit space, I get a '.' and when hitting tab i get an arrow.

I've tried closing word and re-opening, but it's still the same.

Please help as it's driving me mad!

Update:

Derekbradley - You are a darling child!.... But I feel at bit dumb, now! Thanks a million! x

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    look up on the taskbar at the top of your screen and you'll see the backwards P symbol... click that to turn it off and all that will disappear

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The is a button up the top in the icon bar. It looks like a backwards P.

    You have hit the show/hide formatting marks.

    If you cannot find the button.

    Go to format

    reveal formatting

    and down the bottom of the window unclick the check box that says "show all formatting marks".

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Two ways:

    1 - Uninstall your MS office from your System by placing the cd & reinstall it.

    2 - Check the Font style, some styles show different letters.

  • 1 decade ago

    u have enabled indentation and hidden charecter guides. ucan disavle it on the standerd tool bar a button which llok like that inverted p.

    if ur standard toolbar is hidden then right click on any toolbar and select standard tool bar or it may be hidden in >>arrow. click it .

    if any thing crazy happens in msword then u can try deleting normal.dot by searching also u can use "reset usage data" which resets everything

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    certain there is, I don’t understand what place of work version you're on yet I’ll provide you with the instructions from 07, enable me understand in case you want the different variations classes in additional info. bypass to the web page format tab and then click the little field contained in the decrease precise nook of the web page setup section. you ought to get a web page setup communicate field and from the following you want to bypass to the format tab. you'll see a section labeled header and footer, from the following examine "diverse first web page" desire this enables! ~Pyros~

  • 1 decade ago

    it's either your pc has a virus, or you just happened to have changed the font style to something undecipherable like webdings

    if it's the former, i suggest not doing anything drastic first

    just uninstall the microsoft office software, then install it again

    if it still doesn't solve the problem, try scanning your pc for any viruses you might have caught, then try deleting the culprit file that's causing the virus

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