"ppalaparthi" wrote:

When I type text between two asterisks (ex. *something*) and press the
"space" key to proceed, the text, in this case the word "something"
automatically changes to bold. I don't know what's wrong or how to change the
settings so it doesn't happen. I am using Microsoft Word 2000.

In Tools, Autocorrect, Autoformat as you Type, make sure that there is no
check mark beside the option "*Bold* and _italic_ with real formatting"