See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm. Note
that this is not a default setting; an add-in is suspected of changing it.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"sage_jock" wrote in message
...
When I try to make a layout change to one part of my document (such as
indenting long quotes for a research paper) the program attempts to apply
the
layout change to the ENTIRE DOCUMENT. This is incredibly frustrating and
time consuming to fix. Additionally, I find that as I fix it, for some
reason extra lines are added to my headers, which only throws off the
overall
layout of the document more.

All I ask is that Word *NOT* attempt to apply a simple change to the
entire
document, when it is clearly intended for a HIGHLIGHTED SECTION OF TEXT.
It's almost as if in making Word more user-friendly, it's actually become
more difficult to work with.

If Word were a physical object, I probably would have thrown it out a
window
in frustration by this point.