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Default Changing formatting in selected text changes entire document

I am having trouble indenting a single paragraph in Word 2002. When I drag
the right indent marker to the left it indents the whole section, not just
the selected paragraph. However, unlike the sequence in your article, when I
"undo" the whole section including the selected paragraph reverts to the
original margin. There is nothing about "style" in the undo notes, just "undo
formatting".

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Did you look at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...formatted.htm?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Julie Leavitt" Julie wrote in message
...
I am having the same issue, I created a document in Word Vista, and when I
try to center one section of text, the entire page centers. I can bold or
underline individual lines/words without a problem, but it won't let me
center a specific group of lines. This is a resume I am working with, all
I
am trying to center is the first 4 lines which are the name and contact
information.

I have tried everything, highlighting and just clicking on the "center"
button, highlighting and right clicking and then going to paragraph format
and centering that way, deleting the lines, clicking center and then
typing...nothing works. Everything I try results in the entire document
being centered.

Please help!


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If the text had not been copied from an email, I'd suggest you look at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm, but
since
it was copied from an email, the likelihood is that the entire document
is a
single paragraph. If you display nonprinting characters, you'll likely
see
that every line ends in a line break, with probably two line breaks
between
paragraphs. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"BAStrand" wrote in message
...
When formatting selected text (e.g., centering, bold, paragraph indent,
etc.)
selected text in a document, the entire document changes to the new
format.
Is there a setting somewhere that causes this? The original doc was
copied
and pasted from an e-mail text. Using MS Word 2002.