This is one of those settings that is almost certainly modified by a poorly
written add-in.
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"Margaret Aldis" wrote in
message ...
Glad to have helped. I don't know why it should have got turned on
automatically, but if you check both the boxes in the Modify dialog
(Automatically Update and Update template) then I think you will probably
write the setting to your Normal.dot.
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"kathiemt" wrote in message
...
Well, how simple was that? And yet I looked everywhere I could (in the
regular menus) and couldn't find anything at all. What confuses me is
why
it
started doing that? Did I inadvertently made a change to a normal
document
that made it start doing that for every document? Because my documents
used
to behave themselves about 6 or so months ago and then started doing
that.
Anyway, thanks, it's saved me heaps of time and frustration.
Kathie
"Margaret Aldis" wrote:
Usual reason for this is having your Normal style set to "Automatically
Update" - see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting...tedcontent.htm
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"kathiemt" wrote in message
...
I have Word 2003 and I'm trying to write a big document. Whenever I
bold
a
word or a sentence it changes the WHOLE document and takes a
loooooong
time
to process it because it is many pages long. I've tried to find what
setting
is causing this - I can't find it. It really is very time consuming
and
I've
given up trying to
format as I type because it changes the whole thing time and time
again.
Why
is it doing this????
I would be eternally grateful if someone knows the fix for this
please -
also, if you respond via the group, can you please also email me
direct
in
case I don't come back here again for a week or so. I'm trying a few
places
to find an answer.
Regards, and thanks,
Kathie