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

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
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"Lapion" wrote in message
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Let's say I select a paragraph of text to make it red. The whole document
then becomes red !

I have to do ctrl Z to only apply the formatting to the selection, but
this
is dangerous on long documents.

Does anyone know how to only apply a formatting to the selected text?