Formatting problem

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lkap

In Word (MS Office 2008) when I highlight one line to underline it, the whole document underlines. How can I solve this?

Thanks.
 
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John McGhie

You have your style set to "Automatically update".

See here for a full explanation:

http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/wholedocumentreformattedcontent.htm

Cheers

In Word (MS Office 2008) when I highlight one line to underline it, the whole
document underlines. How can I solve this?

Thanks.
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lkap

Thanks! The link you sent me is for Word 2002. I have Word 2008, and on Word 2008, I unchecked "automatically correct spelling and formatting as you type."

I'm assuming that does the same thing. Am I right?

I wish there was a way for it to automatically check spelling, though!
 
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Daiya Mitchell

No, it doesn't do the same thing. The Word 2002 instructions are 99%
identical to Word 2008, so I don't know how you got off track, but you
did. You can recheck the "automatically correct spelling" box.

With the cursor in a problematic word, click on Format | Style. Click
Modify. UNCHECK automatically update, and CHECK add to template. OK
everything and exit back to document. If the problem occurs in other
documents, repeat the same procedure.

It is possible, depending on how the doc is formatted, that you will
need to repeat this procedure for more than one style in the same document.
 
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