I cannot turn off the automatic format option! If I highlight to.

[Margiep]

I attempted to uncheck the buttons described in knowledge base, but it keeps
happening!
Please help me turn off automatic format options.
Perhaps, I messed with my styles.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I think you need to give us some more detail. What buttons? What KB article?
You might also want to see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TameAutoFormat.htm or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/WholeDocumentReformatted.htm