What version of Word? Assuming Word 2003... Click in an affected cell and
choose Format - Styles and Formatting. Under Formatting of Selected Text,
right-click the applied style and choose Modify Style. In Modify Style,
remove the check next to Automatically Update.

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"Chas Andrews" Chas wrote in message
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Every time I make a format change in a table cell, it changes the format
in
every cell. How do I stop that?