in word 2003, I have attempted to format sections (1. change alighnment in
selected cells in a table; 2. change the indent and tab locations in a
numbered section) and rather than change the format for the selected section,
Word changed it for either the entire table or the entire document.
I was able to correct the problem with undo - which generally brought the
formatting change back to just the selected text.

I don't want Microsoft, 1000 miles away, deciding how to format my documents!
Give me the tools to control formating and let me do it

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Hi KD,

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

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KD wrote:
in word 2003, I have attempted to format sections (1. change
alighnment in selected cells in a table; 2. change the indent and tab
locations in a numbered section) and rather than change the format
for the selected section, Word changed it for either the entire table
or the entire document. I was able to correct the problem with undo -
which generally brought the formatting change back to just the
selected text.

I don't want Microsoft, 1000 miles away, deciding how to format my
documents! Give me the tools to control formating and let me do it

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A response, with a solution to this common complaint of people who don't
understand how Word is working, was posted to one of your posts in another
newsgroup. Please do not multipost.
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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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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in word 2003, I have attempted to format sections (1. change alighnment in
selected cells in a table; 2. change the indent and tab locations in a
numbered section) and rather than change the format for the selected
section,
Word changed it for either the entire table or the entire document.
I was able to correct the problem with undo - which generally brought the
formatting change back to just the selected text.

I don't want Microsoft, 1000 miles away, deciding how to format my
documents!
Give me the tools to control formating and let me do it

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this
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Oops, sorry. I had read Jay's response in this forum. For some reason I
can't cancel the above message.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
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A response, with a solution to this common complaint of people who don't
understand how Word is working, was posted to one of your posts in another
newsgroup. Please do not multipost.
--
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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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in word 2003, I have attempted to format sections (1. change alighnment
in
selected cells in a table; 2. change the indent and tab locations in a
numbered section) and rather than change the format for the selected
section,
Word changed it for either the entire table or the entire document.
I was able to correct the problem with undo - which generally brought the
formatting change back to just the selected text.

I don't want Microsoft, 1000 miles away, deciding how to format my
documents!
Give me the tools to control formating and let me do it

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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the
"I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and
then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

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