I suspect that you have your document set to update styles from the attached
template. Tools Templates and Add-Ins... You almost always want to leave
this unchecked. The web page that Suzanne refers you to give more
information about this.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word



Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"marionb" wrote in message
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Thanks for the answer.
However, that's exactly what I did the first time, and I put a password
too,
but it doesn't work. I tried again with less formatting styles, but the
result is the same.


"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Restricting formatting should work. See:

"Restrict formatting of a document"
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...447461033.aspx

Did you remember to type a password at step 3? If not, anyone can
remove the restrictions.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"marionb" wrote in message
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Hi,

I have a problem with the styles and formatting tool in word
(version 2003).
When I write a document, I apply my own formatting, e.g. I change
normal,
heading 1, etc.
The problem appears when I send a document to other people: then
Word
applies their styles to my document, resulting in a very poor
appearance.
I have tried to protect the formatting, and to protect the whole
document,
it doesn't change anything.

Does anyone know how to "freeze" the styles?

Thank you,

Marion.