Jim wrote:
My typing errors too often are formatting shortcuts that I find
difficult to recover from. How do I disable the keyboard formating
shortcuts?

Click Tools Customize Keyboard. Remove or reassign the keystrokes for
any shortcuts that cause problems. See
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290938 for a list of the default
shortcuts.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org