Cannot copy text which appears with black dots below it!

[Richiev4]

I have been given a word document which I need to copy some of the text out
of to another document, some of the text has black dots directly below it and
I am unable to copy this text

Is there an option i need to check/uncheck to enable me to copy this text?

 

[Greg]

Richiev4,

It sounds like the text is formatted as hidden text and the display of
hidden text is "on" in the source document and "off" in the destination
document.

Check Tools>Options>View>Formatting Marks>Hidden Text. Make sure it is
checed in both documents.