When you print, do the "dots" show up? I suspect that you are seeing
Formatting Marks. Try this, go to the Tools menu and select Options.
On the View tab, remove all of the checks in the Formatting Marks
section. Click OK. Do the dots go away? Formatting Marks are
non-printing character that you can display so that you can see how
many spaces, tabs, paragraph marks, etc. that you've typed. I find
them very useful.