I am new to WORD 2002, and cannot figure out how to stop an aggravating
feature. If I am working on a document, I may want to BOLD or to change
font size on a particular line, heading, etc. When I select the item
(heading, sentence, whatever) and hit BOLD or font-size change . . . the
WHOLE document changes to what I only want on the selected part.



How do I stop WORD 2002 from doing that (WORD 97 didn't do this!). By the
way, sometimes, WORD 2002 doesn't do this, but most of the time, it does.



Thanks in advance for the answer or advice.



Chuck

It sounds like the underlying style is set to automatically update. Choose
Format - Styles and Formatting. In the Styles and Formatting task pane,
right-click the style being used and choose Modify. In the Modify Style
dialog box, click to remove the check next to Automatically update.

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"C. Kakadu" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I am new to WORD 2002, and cannot figure out how to stop an aggravating
> feature. If I am working on a document, I may want to BOLD or to change
> font size on a particular line, heading, etc. When I select the item
> (heading, sentence, whatever) and hit BOLD or font-size change . . . the
> WHOLE document changes to what I only want on the selected part.
>
>
>
> How do I stop WORD 2002 from doing that (WORD 97 didn't do this!). By the
> way, sometimes, WORD 2002 doesn't do this, but most of the time, it does.
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance for the answer or advice.
>
>
>
> Chuck
>
>

And check the "Add to template" box to make sure this change is written back
to Normal.dot.

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"Herb Tyson [MVP]" <herb-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> It sounds like the underlying style is set to automatically update. Choose
> Format - Styles and Formatting. In the Styles and Formatting task pane,
> right-click the style being used and choose Modify. In the Modify Style
> dialog box, click to remove the check next to Automatically update.
>
> --
> Herb Tyson MS MVP
> Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along.
> *Remove x's for domain*
> private.php?do=newpm&u= http://www.herbtyson.com
> "C. Kakadu" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I am new to WORD 2002, and cannot figure out how to stop an aggravating
> > feature. If I am working on a document, I may want to BOLD or to change
> > font size on a particular line, heading, etc. When I select the item
> > (heading, sentence, whatever) and hit BOLD or font-size change . . . the
> > WHOLE document changes to what I only want on the selected part.
> >
> >
> >
> > How do I stop WORD 2002 from doing that (WORD 97 didn't do this!). By
the
> > way, sometimes, WORD 2002 doesn't do this, but most of the time, it
does.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance for the answer or advice.
> >
> >
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> >
>

Worked like a charm. Thanks, folks!
Chuck


"Herb Tyson [MVP]" <herb-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> It sounds like the underlying style is set to automatically update. Choose
> Format - Styles and Formatting. In the Styles and Formatting task pane,
> right-click the style being used and choose Modify. In the Modify Style
> dialog box, click to remove the check next to Automatically update.
>
> --
> Herb Tyson MS MVP
> Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along.
> *Remove x's for domain*
> private.php?do=newpm&u= http://www.herbtyson.com
> "C. Kakadu" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I am new to WORD 2002, and cannot figure out how to stop an aggravating
> > feature. If I am working on a document, I may want to BOLD or to change
> > font size on a particular line, heading, etc. When I select the item
> > (heading, sentence, whatever) and hit BOLD or font-size change . . . the
> > WHOLE document changes to what I only want on the selected part.
> >
> >
> >
> > How do I stop WORD 2002 from doing that (WORD 97 didn't do this!). By
the
> > way, sometimes, WORD 2002 doesn't do this, but most of the time, it
does.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance for the answer or advice.
> >
> >
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> >
>