In Tools Options Edit, turn off "Keep track of formatting".

See
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/sfpa...ateNewS tyles.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

Daddio wrote:
Styles are super.

Except Word 2003's so-called flexibility in styles is annoying and
counterproductive.

Every time I make a change to a character, word, or paragrah, Word
2003 automatically (yukko) creates another style. No, that's not
what I want!

If it's not there already, please make it possible to turn off this
style auto-generate function.

Regards,