ok i dont know where else to put this one, so i threw it here... alright i was going for a hot key and it slipped. now its showing the annoying formating marks. ive looked through msdn but haha i think this is too low of a problem for them to list . and just to make sure you dont flame me for being an uber newb like i would do to you in this case , heres what im cooking up right now.... www.twelvegaugesoftware.com -thanks, later

Tools->Options->Editor.

ahh thanks. also for the record, the hotkey is Ctrl-R, then W