(1) Is your configuration description up to date ?
It claims "mac OS 10.4.7" which is too old for iWork '09.
(2) You activated the feature :
Show Invisibles.
Disable it and you will no longer see these blue dots where the text embed spaces.
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France. vendredi 28 mai 2010 19:40:34)