Automatic Formating of EVERYTHING - even if I don't want it

[JeepChick]

I am using Office 2004 11.3.8. If I type and then highlight and choose "bold," "italic," change the font or font size, etc., it does it to the whole document. I have gone to Tools - Autocorrect -and have turned off all the automatic formating but it still happens. This is driving me nuts! HELP!!

 

[Michel Bintener]

Everything you write in Word is based on styles, which are sets of
instructions that tell the application which formatting you want to have
applied to a word or a paragraph. Unless you've made any changes, your
entire text is based on a style called "Normal", and you have accidentally
told Word to change every instance of Normal automatically after you've
applied changes to a selection. But don't worry, there's a very easy fix:

click on Format>Style, make sure Normal is selected in the list and hit the
Modify key. Uncheck the Automatically Update checkbox, then return to your
document by clicking on OK/Apply. You should not see this behaviour any
longer.

I am using Office 2004 11.3.8. If I type and then highlight and choose "bold,"
"italic," change the font or font size, etc., it does it to the whole
document. I have gone to Tools - Autocorrect -and have turned off all the
automatic formating but it still happens. This is driving me nuts! HELP!!

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:mac (Entourage & Word)

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[Ela]

Michel,

You are brilliant!! It worked!! Thank you for helping. Have a fantastic day!

 

[Clive Huggan]

If you choose Format menu -> Style -> Modify, you¹ll see that ³Automatically
update² is ticked. De-select it and that should solve your problem.

If you¹d like to get rid of all the irritating ³I¹ll do it for you²
features, take a look at page 33 ('To control Word, first dumb it down, then
smarten it up') of some notes on the way I use Word for the Mac, titled
"Bend Word to Your Will", which are available as a free download from the
Word MVPs' website (http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Bend/BendWordToYourWill.html).

[Note: "Bend Word to your will" is designed to be used electronically and
most subjects are self-contained dictionary-style entries. If you decide to
read more widely than the item I've referred to, it's important to read the
front end of the document -- especially pages 3 and 5 -- so you can select
some Word settings that will allow you to use the document effectively.]

Sorry for the delay ‹ we¹re a bit overwhelmed at present...

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from North America and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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