How to remove black square dots on Word

Virginia Pye 20 Reputation points
2025-01-21T15:44:33.59+00:00

I can't remove a line of square dots from a Word doc. When I delete it, the same line of black square marks pops up again after the next paragraph. It won't go away.

Thanks for any help.

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | Windows
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  1. John Korchok 6,126 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2025-01-21T18:02:29.26+00:00

    As I wrote earlier: "It could be a border that is included in the style used on that paragraph. To test, select the paragraph and apply a different style." So to get rid of it, you would have to use a different style, or edit the current style to remove the border.

    To edit a style, right-click on the highlighted style in the Style Gallery and choose Modify. In the Modify Style dialog, click on the Format dropdown in the lower left and choose Border. Then remove the border.

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  1. Michael Taylor 60,326 Reputation points
    2025-01-21T17:06:44.7433333+00:00

    I suspect that isn't actual dots in your document. That is most likely Word showing you page boundaries, I'd wager. It is showing you where one page ends and the next begins.

    Go to View in the ribbon bar. Are you in Draft mode? That would show a page separator.


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