Those little zero's are 'hard spaces' a.k.a. 'non-breaking spaces'.
http://www.brainbell.com/tutorials/ms-office/Word/Insert_A_Hard_Space.htm tells you more, although the instructions on where to switch the display settings might not apply to Office 2007. In that case, see http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-show-nonprinting-characters-in-word-2007.html
No need to feel a dummy, however. It's not intuative.
Kees
Can someone please advise me as to how to get rid of these little "zeros" that seem to be, before and after certain words in information that is blocked and copied from web sites?
Using XP Pro SP3

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