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

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Aurora" wrote in message
...
I am using Word 2000.
How do I stop the automatic formating? If I format a line, everything
previous to the line is also re-formated. When I go to "Edit" to undue it
say "Undue Automatically Update Style". How do I turn the automatic
update
style off??