The main problem was that *Normal* style was also set to update
automatically, and most other styles are based on Normal, so when you
formatted a Normal paragraph, it was updated, and Header, which is based on
it, was updated as well.

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"Connie Martin" wrote in message
...
Guess I'll answer my own question. This was getting rather annoying
because
even when I changed the body text to left aligned the header would left
align.
GRR-RR-RRR-RRRRRR! In Format/Style, I clicked on Header/Modify and
removed
the check mark from "Automatically update". Why that was checked, I don't
know, but it seems to have done the trick. Connie Martin

"Connie Martin" wrote:

Word can do some fierce and wonderful things! I suppose there's a
reason for
it all, but this one I can't figure out. I have text in a header, right
aligned, font size 8. I closed the header and typed text at the top of
the
page, right aligned, and font size 14. The header font changed to 14 as
well. If I move the text to left-aligned, the header moves to left, as
well.
What gives???

Connie Martin