Patricia wrote:
When I am typing a document, and I want to change the formatting of a
specific part, i.e. change the type style to itallics for two or
three words, the entire text of the document changes to itallics. I
want to stop that from happening. What do I need to do?

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm.

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