As Suzanne noted, Word does not do this by default (no version ever has).
Now, the ability to implement what you are seeing can be added but typically
it's not used the extreme in which you are seeing.
Some background:
Word utilizes styles for formatting. If you want certain portions of your
document to always be formatted exactly the same, such as heading
paragraphs, then you can set a style to automatically update. This means if
you change a format that same format will be applied to the other
paragraphs/characters in the document that have the same style definition
applied. It's actually a 'good' thing and saves time when used properly.
Additionally, when you copy/paste between documents the styles are also
copied -- along with the automatically update instruction -- which explains
why copying to a new document doesn't correct the issue.
If you are seeing the reformat occur throughout new documents then chances
are you are encountering one of two issues:
- Your Normal template (used to create new documents) contains styles with
the automatically update option added. To see if this is the case, locate
Normal.dotm and rename it to OldNormal.dom. Word will create a new one upon
restarting.
- If the above doesn't correct the issue then you could have a
malfunctioning add-in that is adding the automatically update option. To see
if this is the case, exit Word, hold your Ctrl key and start Word again.
Continue holding Ctrl until you are prompted to start in Safe Mode. If the
issue doesn't occur then post back and we'll provide you with information on
how to check for add-ins and disable them.
Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
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"xcelatit" wrote in message
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Okay maybe I am stupid,
I installed Office 2007,
I then started typing a document for work.
After I got the document typed
I began formating and 2007 did do this by default.
So I wasted money in the upgrade.
I can also re-create it by copying text from a text file in a new word 07
doc,
and start formating it does the same thing
Very frustrating when you have spend hours formating then
auto format redoes everything you did.
and then you cant get it back
I work for a large corporation of over 100,000 employees worldwide and I
don't have time for this, I recommended to our IT not to upgrade.
We are a fast paced industry that doesnt have time for nonsense like this.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Word 2007 does *not* do this by default.
"xcelatit" wrote in message
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Nice but in word 2007 it does it for every style there are hundreds of
them
per document there needs to be some global setting..
I'm going back the upgrade was a big waste of money and loss of
productivity
and efficiency
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"xcelatit" wrote in message
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When I change a word or words to bold every thing else in the
document
becomes bold, (or to what ever I did, i.e. underline, etc for
formattting)
I have to press undo several times
If I change some text to be bulletted everything becomes bulleted.
I press undo and all my prior bullets are gone.
I finally went back to word 2003 because it doesnt have this
problem.
I wasted 6 hours trying to do a doc in word 07 which took me 15
minutes
in
word 03
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