As recommended by Charles Kenyon, I have reviewed the document on why
formatting applied to text applies to *all* text with that style. My question
is this: I have a document with MANY styles in it. Do I have to modify each
style (one by one) and uncheck "automatically update" or is there a wholesale
way to do that?

Many thanks,

~Karen

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

Normally this problem is seen only with the Normal style. Are you
experiencing it with others?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Karen" wrote in message
...
As recommended by Charles Kenyon, I have reviewed the document on why
formatting applied to text applies to *all* text with that style. My
question
is this: I have a document with MANY styles in it. Do I have to modify
each
style (one by one) and uncheck "automatically update" or is there a
wholesale
way to do that?

Many thanks,

~Karen

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

Since my posting, I've discovered that the style of the text whose features I
wish to change (i.e., bulleted to not bulleted), did not have "automatically
update" checked. In addition, I've unchecked every other autoformatting
options available (in autocorrect options). I didn't create the original
document, but each of the styles says it was created based on "Normal."

At this point, I just want to take my text and run--paste it into a new,
blank document, but the unruly styles go right along with the text.

Any advice?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Normally this problem is seen only with the Normal style. Are you
experiencing it with others?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Karen" wrote in message
...
As recommended by Charles Kenyon, I have reviewed the document on why
formatting applied to text applies to *all* text with that style. My
question
is this: I have a document with MANY styles in it. Do I have to modify
each
style (one by one) and uncheck "automatically update" or is there a
wholesale
way to do that?

Many thanks,

~Karen

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

Try saving as a text file. Close the file, then copy and paste from the text
file.

--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Karen" wrote in message
...
Since my posting, I've discovered that the style of the text whose
features I
wish to change (i.e., bulleted to not bulleted), did not have
"automatically
update" checked. In addition, I've unchecked every other autoformatting
options available (in autocorrect options). I didn't create the original
document, but each of the styles says it was created based on "Normal."

At this point, I just want to take my text and run--paste it into a new,
blank document, but the unruly styles go right along with the text.

Any advice?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Normally this problem is seen only with the Normal style. Are you
experiencing it with others?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Karen" wrote in message
...
As recommended by Charles Kenyon, I have reviewed the document on why
formatting applied to text applies to *all* text with that style. My
question
is this: I have a document with MANY styles in it. Do I have to modify
each
style (one by one) and uncheck "automatically update" or is there a
wholesale
way to do that?

Many thanks,

~Karen

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

Did you uncheck the automatically update option in Normal style on which
your styles are apparently based?

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Karen wrote:
Since my posting, I've discovered that the style of the text whose
features I wish to change (i.e., bulleted to not bulleted), did not
have "automatically update" checked. In addition, I've unchecked
every other autoformatting options available (in autocorrect
options). I didn't create the original document, but each of the
styles says it was created based on "Normal."

At this point, I just want to take my text and run--paste it into a
new, blank document, but the unruly styles go right along with the
text.

Any advice?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Normally this problem is seen only with the Normal style. Are you
experiencing it with others?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

"Karen" wrote in message
...
As recommended by Charles Kenyon, I have reviewed the document on
why formatting applied to text applies to *all* text with that
style. My question is this: I have a document with MANY styles in
it. Do I have to modify each style (one by one) and uncheck
"automatically update" or is there a wholesale way to do that?

Many thanks,

~Karen

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