BOLD has gone wild!

[Guest]

I'm using Word 2000. Suddenly, whenever I press Control+B to apply
direct formatting, I get a heading style -- sometimes heading 2, 4, or
6. The bolded text then shows up in the document map. I do not want
to apply a style.
I have confirmed that Control+B is assigned to Bold format. What
is going on? How do I fix it?

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[Margaret Aldis]

Haven't got Word 2000 open to check, but it's probably the AutoFormat As You
Type setting to automatically apply Heading styles.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Yes, the option you need to kill is probably "Define styles based on your
formatting," which really means "Apply a built-in style based on Word's
interpretation of what you meant by your formatting."