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the words in my text are separated three asterisks before and after the word

slavbol
slavbol
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here is an example of the problem that i'm having

      • Fill*** ***in*** ***the*** ***details*** ***of*** ***your*** ***question***.
      • The*** ***more*** ***information*** ***you*** ***can*** ***provide***, ***the*** ***better*** ***the*** ***chance*** ***your*** ***question*** ***will*** ***be*** ***answered***. 
  1. ***Question***
     ***the*** ***words*** ***in*** ***my*** ***text*** ***are*** ***separated*** ***three*** ***asterisks*** ***before*** ***and*** ***after*** ***the*** ***word*** ***edit***

i have no idea what i did to make this happen. the page will first appear normally and then shift to this. any suggestions??

thanks Peter

here is an example of the problem that i'm having ***Fill*** ***in*** ***the*** ***details*** ***of*** ***your*** ***question***. ***The*** ***more*** ***information*** ***you*** ***can*** ***provide***, ***the*** ***better*** ***the*** ***chance*** ***your*** ***question*** ***will*** ***be*** ***answered***. 1. ***Question*** ***the*** ***words*** ***in*** ***my*** ***text*** ***are*** ***separated*** ***three*** ***asterisks*** ***before*** ***and*** ***after*** ***the*** ***word*** ***edit*** i have no idea what i did to make this happen. the page will first appear normally and then shift to this. any suggestions?? thanks Peter

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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That's bizarre. Does it happen if you start up in Firefox's Safe Mode?

More info: Safe Mode (be careful not to "reset" anything permanently)

As a diagnostic, you could try creating a new "clean" Firefox profile using the Firefox Profile Manager. See: Managing profiles.

If that works, one of your extensions may be at fault, or a bad setting, or a corrupted file. If the cure isn't obvious, you can move your bookmarks and (selectively) your other settings to the new profile. See: Recovering important data from an old profile.

Any luck?