Linda, You toggled the key for displaying all characters: Ctrl-Shift-8 or Ctrl-*. Hit it again and they will go away. HTH Gerald _____ From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Linda C. Knight Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 9:00 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT microsoft word (help please!) Hi all, Well, as i was trying to figure out something in microsoft word yesterday, i think I hit the wrong key-somewhere (not sure where) and -but i made a booboo in my ms word-and i can't figure out how to fix it. Everytime i open my ms word, i hear via jaws "space marker" "paragraph marker" and i can't get rid of it. I have tried the extended selection mode on/off and to no avail! This is driving me nuts-and i need to fix this before i get to validate more books. So can someone help me figure this out? thanks for any help anyone can give. hugs! Linda C. Knight with her fabulous Charcoal