sod knows why but all my work in my word pads has gone doolally.if i leave a spaces its doing dotted lines and every line of text as what looks like a musical quavour at the begining and the end of the sentance,its doin my nut in.

It sounds like "show formatting" which is available in Word but not in my version of WordPad.

Is there a button on one of the toolbars which has what you describe as a "quavour" on it?

can't see one :confused: :confused: :confused:

Is it like this ----------> ¶ ?


or this § ?



But if it is WordPad (not Word) then I am baffled too!

Originally posted by cgksheff
Is it like this ----------> ¶ ?





But if it is WordPad (not Word) then I am baffled too!

thats the one and its doin mi head in....btw it microsoft word document

OK. From top Menus

>View>Toolbars

Select "Standard"

You should now see a toolbar which includes a button with the ¶ sign.

Click on it!

OK now?

every time i click standard nowt happens:confused: :confused:

Can you get any Toolbar visible below the Menu Bar?

When you go View>Toolbar do any of those Toolbars listed have a tick beside them?

If you have any toolbar visible you can customise the ¶ button into it.

Go Tools>Customise
Click on the "Commands" Tab
In the Left Hand Window select View
In the Right Hand Window scroll until you see "Show All" and the ¶ Sign
Click-On and Drag "Show All" up to the toolbar that you can see.

A ¶ Button should appear and you should be able to use it to solve the problem.

(If you cannot get any toolbars up, it sounds like a corrupt programme or corrupt registry problem)

Are you using Microsoft Word or Windows Wordpad? I know exactly what you mean, but I don't think it's possible to get into that situation in Wordpad.

If it's in Word, you need to click the ¶ button as cgksheff said.

Originally posted by Sidla


If it's in Word, you need to click the ¶ button as cgksheff said.

i can't find it to click it,i'm using microsoft word document

Originally posted by cgksheff
Can you get any Toolbar visible below the Menu Bar?

When you go View>Toolbar do any of those Toolbars listed have a tick beside them?



standard buttons

sddress bar are ticked

Goto View/Toolbars - and untick everything apart from "Standard"

The ¶ button should appear on the standard toolbar (but sometimes gets hidden if you have multiple toolbars stacking up - which may be why you cant see it). Click it...and all the formatting marks should disappear.

Then go back to View/Toolbars and tick the toolbars you want back on again.


[edit]
Hrm...just found this out: Go to Tools/Options and click on the View tab. Under "formatting marks" un-tick "all". I just found that out now - you learn something useless every day.

Originally posted by kirky
standard buttons

sddress bar are ticked

"Address Bar"?????

I think that you are somehow editing a Word Document inside Internet Explorer not running MSWord!

So look for a second Menu Bar lower down inside the IE window and follow earlier instructions.

Or Close out and open MS Word.

i give up.........................:|

Originally posted by kirky
i give up.........................:|

No surprises there then :D