How do I switch off "Automatically Update Style" in Word 2003?

[Guest]

With recent updates, whenever I change the style of selected text, word
applies it to the whole doument. I then have to undo the "Auotomatically
Update Style" to remove the global changes, leaving just the change I want.
E.g. if I change the text color or apply bullets to a single line, the whole
document changes.

Whilst the work round is OK, up to a point, after a while the undo fails
(too manu format changes). Closing and reopening the file doesn't help and I
have to select everything and copy it to a new document form time to time.
The document is only 4 pages, but does use 4 text colors and 3 or 4 different
font sizes.

There's a similar problem with outlook (using Word as the Editor), when
replying to a message in RTF format. The whole document left aligns and
converts to the same font and color. I need to undo to get the format back.

The problem started after a recent fix was applied, but probably before SP2.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Clear the "Automatically update style" option of the affected style
(usually Normal) and then add the new style definition to the
template. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/WholeDocumentReformatted.htm

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


in message

With recent updates, whenever I change the style of selected text, word
applies it to the whole doument. I then have to undo the "Auotomatically
Update Style" to remove the global changes, leaving just the change I want.
E.g. if I change the text color or apply bullets to a single line, the whole
document changes.

Whilst the work round is OK, up to a point, after a while the undo fails
(too manu format changes). Closing and reopening the file doesn't help and I
have to select everything and copy it to a new document form time to time.
The document is only 4 pages, but does use 4 text colors and 3 or 4 different
font sizes.

There's a similar problem with outlook (using Word as the Editor), when
replying to a message in RTF format. The whole document left aligns and
converts to the same font and color. I need to undo to get the format back.

The problem started after a recent fix was applied, but probably

before SP2.