See:

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

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Greg Maxey/Word MVP
A Peer in Peer to Peer Support

DURBAN_VIRGO wrote:
Working on a doc created by a collegue. Highlight specific text to
bold or center, and this then applied to the ENTIRE doc! Click undo,
and rest document goes back to format was previously, specified text
remains with new 'setting'. Not only is this damn frustrating, it
wastes time. How can I switch this off?

PLEASE HELP