--- In [email protected], "Ken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, I wonder if anyone can help with this: > > Whenever I want to apply formatting to a document in Word, I > encounter problems. Say I want to italicise a phrase I highlight > the word or phrase and click on the italic button on the formatting > toolbar, or simply press Ctrl/i. The phrase does indeed change to > italics, but very often (not always) so does the whole rest of the > document. I then have to click on the Undo button on the toolbar, > which results in the new formatting being undone, leaving just the > single phrase italicised. > > Now that's not a big problem in itself, until you find you need to > change the formatting of the headings of many sections, to perhaps > italic, bold, and a larger font size and style. It means I have to > apply each and every change and carefully undo each one too, to get > the effect. And it sometimes seems too much for the program too, and > the entire document starts to lose any coherent formatting. > > I've tried repairing any glitches, by putting in the disk and > selecting the repair option, to no avail. Now I've gone one better > and uninstalled Office completely, which I was sure would do away > with the problem. Then I reinstalled it from scratch. The problem, > strangely, is still there. And it's driving me mad! > > Anyone got any idea how to fix this? Or even, what's causing it? > It's being going on for a while, and I've been putting up with it, > but I really do need to get this sorted now. If I can't, I think > I'll ditch Word altogether and use Open Office, which I did try a > while ago, and found impressive. > > Thanks for any help or suggestions. > > --Ken > Paris says
But as the above does not work you will be interested in this thread I found:- MS Word help wanted August 4, 2006 3:15 PM MSWord formatting filter: Is my PC possessed? Suddenly, when I select a line of text and make it bold, italic or bulleted, the ENTIRE DOCUMENT assumes that formatting. What gives? FWIW, I've been using Word for well over ten years, Mac & PC. I'm rated Expert (MOUS). I even used to be a full-time desktop apps trainer (Intro through Advanced). I only say that to emphasize this is not a rookie goof. I've even uninstalled and reinstalled Word, but no luck. Details: I'm running XP on a PC. This weirdness only happens when I select an entire line of text, with either the mouse or keyboard. (When I format a single word, everything's jake.) A clue, perhaps: When I hit "undo," the REST of the document corrects itself, but the original line I selected remains bold (or italic or bulleted, whatever), just as I wanted. I suspect that means somehow TWO commands are being executed at the same time. Otherwise, when I hit undo, EVERYTHING would be undid. Wouldn't it? Has this formatting forkup happened to others in the hive? How did you fix it? Suggestions would be mucho appreciated. PS: Please spare the rants about switching to a different app. My clients all use MS Word, so I'm stuck with it. ;-) Are you perhaps a victim of style inheritance? Is something you are doing causing your Normal style to be updated, because if that is happening, every other style in the document that is based on Normal will update immediately. posted by paulsc at 3:21 PM PST on August 4 Your styles are automatically updating. So click Format -> Styles and formatting. Click the arrow next to Normal and choose modify. Then uncheck automatically update. posted by special-k at 3:38 PM PST on August 4 PS: Do the same thing for any other styles that are misbehaving. posted by special-k at 3:39 PM PST on August 4 special-k -- you nailed it! Thanks! posted by wordwhiz at 3:49 PM PST on August 4 Not that it's a contest, but didn't paulsc nail it first? posted by iconjack at 6:51 PM PST on August 4 Yeah, but he didn't say how to fix it. posted by squidlarkin at 1:00 PM PST on August 5 Here's an add-on for those having the same problem. Not only should you uncheck "Automatically update" but DO check "Add to template" so all subsequent documents behave. Thanks again to all. The bruises on my forehead (from banging my head on the keyboard) are starting to fade... posted by wordwhiz at 6:04 PM PST on August 5 http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/43702 If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
