What you are applying is not a style but direct font formatting. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm

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"Darren" wrote in message
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Hi,

My problem is that when i try to add a style, i.e. Bold, Underline,
Bullet,
etc... the style applies to the whole document, and from there i have to
"CTRL-Z" to have the style apply correctly to the highlighted text. This
can
be a real nightmare on a long document as the document may "freeze" until
the style has been applied "incorrectly" to the whole document.

Anyone help me with this one?

Many thanks in advance for any and all help.

Best Regards
Darren