Bold shortcut affects entire document

[Paul]

If I highlight a line of text and use either the keyboard
shortcut (Ctrl B) or the B button on the toolbar the whole
document become bold.

If I use undo (Crtl Z) then I can unbold the rest of the
doc leaving the line I want in bold, so I can work around
it but it is very irritating!

I have not set any keyboard Macros.

This is using Word 2002 SP-2 and Office XP
I am also using a German Keyboard but have language
settings as English (US).

Any ideas?

 

[Mike Williams [MVP]]

If I highlight a line of text and use either the keyboard
shortcut (Ctrl B) or the B button on the toolbar the whole
document become bold.

See http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Formatting/WholeDocumentReformatted.htm
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[Kathy Chriqui]

The same thing happens to me. It's not only with Bold but
with Underline and Italic and other formattings. It
doesn't happen all the time - only occasionally. I'm
using XP in a network environment. I've changed out my
Mouse and the problem cleared up but only for a little
while and it was back again. According to my Help Support
in our IT group, the problem might be a virus. The
solution they propose? Get a new PC. I'm still waiting
and it's been over a month!

 

[Mike Williams [MVP]]

According to my Help Support
in our IT group, the problem might be a virus. The
solution they propose? Get a new PC. I'm still waiting
and it's been over a month!

Tell them to read the MVP FAQ article posted earlier.