Well, here is one to start with:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TameAutoFormat.htm. The gray brackets
are probably bookmarks; clear the relevant check box on the View tab of
Tools | Options.

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Had to reinstall Office 2003 after HD failure. Am now 'stuck' with a
NEW 'default', normal.dot which I'm trying to modify.

I've forgotten what settings to use to:

-Move just ONE item (ie picture, formatting, etc) and not have all of
them move throughout the entire section/document.

-which 'auto format' settings to use/disable (I used to have an MVP
page bookmarked which exactly specified these settings & loved it! It
also is 'gone' in transfer to new HD) Getting these settings correct,
really 'tames' the beast!

-Getting rid of those gray, non-delectable brackets!

TIA!

Got a longer document. As I want to make simple formatting using
Formating toolbar Word reformats the style instead of the text. This
happens only if the whole paragraph is selected and not in the case of
single word(s).

That means when I center one paragraph (Normal style ) word reformats
the whole document with all instances of Normal! It takes ages and
then ages for undo to return formatting.

Quite abnormal behavior that makes formatting a nightmare. I did turn
off most of the settings in Autoformat and Autocorrect but it still
behaves the same.

Wonder which setting is responsible?

Rado

CTRL+Z will correct any unwanted formatting immediately. The reformatting of
the whole document is addressed at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm

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Rado Lavrih wrote:
Got a longer document. As I want to make simple formatting using
Formatting toolbar Word reformats the style instead of the text. This
happens only if the whole paragraph is selected and not in the case of
single word(s).

That means when I center one paragraph (Normal style ) word reformats
the whole document with all instances of Normal! It takes ages and
then ages for undo to return formatting.

Quite abnormal behavior that makes formatting a nightmare. I did turn
off most of the settings in Autoformat and Autocorrect but it still
behaves the same.

Wonder which setting is responsible?

Rado