A way to solve this is to delete and retype the first an last character of each line which Apache is complaining about.  You can then test your configuration again.
{{Code|<pre><nowiki>service httpd configtest</nowiki></pre>}}
If all goes well and you get "Syntax OK" then you can start your Apache server again.
{{Code|<pre><nowiki>service httpd start</nowiki></pre>}}
If all things end badly and you can't figure it out then it is possible to restart this tutorial from scratch.  Just start it over.