Formatting with Mind-of-its-own

[MC Rodriguez]

Hi, not sure how to control this issue but every time I
try and format a single word, line, or cell in a table,
the entire document formatting is changed as well--
automatically leading to rework. This is very frustrating
and is a problem I have only experienced with the
Professional version of MS Word 2002 (using Windows XP,
Professional).

Can someone please tell me how to turn this dumb, smart
thing off?

 

[martinique]

Clear the 'Automatically update' checkbox in the style definition.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Formatting/WholeDocumentReformatted.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
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