All Formatting Changes when I change 1 Paragraph

Help!!! When I am working on a Word 2003 doc. and change the formatting of 1
line, the entire document assumes that formatting style! I have to hit the
"Undo" button, and the remainder of the document returns to its previous
formatting, and only the area 1 wanted to change actually remains changed.
This is most frustrating when I want to change several types of formatting.
For example, if I want to bold and center a heading, I highlight ONLY the
heading. I hit "Bold" and the entire doc. becomes bold. I then hit "Undo"
and all but the heading return to their previous non-bold font. Then I have
to repeat the process for "Center." Anybody have a clue why this is
happening????

Jay
Tue Nov 06 08:15:38 PST 2007

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

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Kate wrote:
> Help!!! When I am working on a Word 2003 doc. and change the
> formatting of 1 line, the entire document assumes that formatting
> style! I have to hit the "Undo" button, and the remainder of the
> document returns to its previous formatting, and only the area 1
> wanted to change actually remains changed. This is most frustrating
> when I want to change several types of formatting. For example, if I
> want to bold and center a heading, I highlight ONLY the heading. I
> hit "Bold" and the entire doc. becomes bold. I then hit "Undo" and
> all but the heading return to their previous non-bold font. Then I
> have to repeat the process for "Center." Anybody have a clue why
> this is happening????