How do I disable the blue underlining for styles in Word?

[Thomas R]

Just within the past couple of weeks every time I open a Word Document, much
of the text is underlined with a blue squiggly line similar to the red
squiggly line found for misspellings and the green squiggly line for
grammatical errors. Right clicking displays a window with several options
including "ignore rule." Ignoring the rule usually eliminates the line at
least for one paragraph. How do I completely disable this feature? I find
it extremely annoying.

Tom

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

According to the Help topic "What do the underlines in my document mean?":

"Word uses wavy blue underlines to indicate possible instances of
inconsistent formatting."

And the Help topic "Show or hide wavy underlines" says:

You can show or hide the wavy underlines that appear when you automatically
check spelling and grammar, or when you automatically check formatting
consistency.
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Formatting consistency

1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Edit tab.
2. Select or clear the Mark formatting inconsistencies check box.