keyboard shortcuts applying to whole doc, not selected text

[gus]

Why is it that when I select a part of my word doc and use a shortcut key
(like CTRL + B to make the selected text bold), it applies to the WHOLE
DOCUMENT instead of the SELECTED TEXT? Please help, it's driving me
crazy!!!!!!

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

Turn off "automatically update" in the style definitions as described in
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/WholeDocumentReformatted.htm .

 

[Lene Fredborg]

See:
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/WholeDocumentReformatted.htm

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Lene Fredborg
DocTools - Denmark
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