How can I stop Word 2003 automatically adding new styles?

[Robert Halford]

In Word 2003 if I make a change to a style Word automatically adds it to the
style list - for example "Heading 1 + Italic" or "Normal + Bold" - how can I
stop Word doing this?

Someone said check the "Prompt to update style" checkbox in the edit
options, but this doesn't work.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

It's not really a style--start with Big Idea #4 here:
http://shaunakelly.com/word/sfpane/StylesAndFormattingPane.html

And the rest of the page will explain what is going on.

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

That's controlled by Tools - Options - Edit - Keep track of formatting.

 

[Robert Halford]

Thanks that exactly answers my question.

That's controlled by Tools - Options - Edit - Keep track of formatting.