Turning off Word 2000's "intelligent" feature

[Dave from Ottawa]

In Word 2000 when I block a text to change the format, Word tries to act
intelligent and changes more than the section I have blocked. Is there any
way I can turn off Word 2000's "intelligence" feature and have it do exactly
what I tell it to. There are other Word features that try to predict what I
want to do. I find all of these very annoying and would like to turn them
all off.

 

[Jezebel]

Tools > Options for the settings. Top left hand drawer for the Kleenex.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/WholeDocumentReformatted.htm. Many
of the intelligently annoying features can be turned off in Tools |
AutoCorrect Options | AutoFormat As You Type.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Most likely the setting that's causing you grief is the "When selecting,
automatically select entire word" check box on the Edit tab of Tools |
Options. But see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/WholeDocumentReformatted.htm