Can a virus only attack Word? Help please

[alice]

any ideas? all my word documents now have weird symbols like an inverted p and flower like things - whats happening? any ideas please

[KidKruger]

maybe the way / method / program you're viewing the documents through has changed ?

sometimes people attach Word docs (ie. with pictures insterted) to the adverts on this forum and when you open them they look like that.

[David A]

Do they look like this '|p' backwards?

[alice]

y

[Loz]

Oh, well deduced David.

Alice - you've inadvertently turned on 'show paragraph marks'. If you are using Word 2007, on the 'Home' tab in the 'paragraph' section there should be a button that looks just like that backwards 'P'. Click it and they should all disappear.

[David A]

I think they're non-printing characters, just paragraph markers. If there's a button on the command bar with the same symbol on it or one that says 'show', hit that and it should get rid of them.

I'm on a Mac, so things may be a little different.

[The Minkey]

Yes it sounds like Show Formatting is turned on (at least I think that's what it's called), as David says look for that symbol on the command bar, clicking it should turn it off.

[alice]

thanks all and i've done it brilliant

[Annette Curtain]

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[alice]

yes yes but ow two iportat letters have suddely ceased to fuctio ay ideas out there?ss

[Loz]

m&n by any chance? :)) Probably some crap under the keyboard. Stick your hoover on it.