Clear the "Automatically update style" option of the affected style
(usually Normal) and then add the new style definition to the
template. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"david57" wrote in message
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With recent updates, whenever I change the style of selected text,
word
applies it to the whole doument. I then have to undo the
"Auotomatically
Update Style" to remove the global changes, leaving just the change
I want.
E.g. if I change the text color or apply bullets to a single line,
the whole
document changes.

Whilst the work round is OK, up to a point, after a while the undo
fails
(too manu format changes). Closing and reopening the file doesn't
help and I
have to select everything and copy it to a new document form time to
time.
The document is only 4 pages, but does use 4 text colors and 3 or 4
different
font sizes.

There's a similar problem with outlook (using Word as the Editor),
when
replying to a message in RTF format. The whole document left aligns
and
converts to the same font and color. I need to undo to get the
format back.

The problem started after a recent fix was applied, but probably
before SP2.