How to delete a full line of small black boxes which appea..

I typed in four asterisks and then pressed enter. There appeared a full line
of small black boxes which I unsuccessfully tried to remove. I looked for
the autoformat or autocorrect box next or on the line but found nothing. I
tried isolating the line, blocking the area around it, and then deleting it.
That also did not work. I had it reveal the formatting signs in the hope
that this would allow me to delete. No success there. I cannot get rid of
these lines. (At two different points I typed asterisks into the doucment.)

Four cause, cure, and prevention, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CantGetRidOfLine.htm

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"JJP" <JJP.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I typed in four asterisks and then pressed enter. There appeared a full
line
> of small black boxes which I unsuccessfully tried to remove. I looked for
> the autoformat or autocorrect box next or on the line but found nothing.
I
> tried isolating the line, blocking the area around it, and then deleting
it.
> That also did not work. I had it reveal the formatting signs in the hope
> that this would allow me to delete. No success there. I cannot get rid
of
> these lines. (At two different points I typed asterisks into the
doucment.)