Dear Ken,
Try "Tools">"Auto-correct options".
Disable everything there, and word should not interfere with your editing anymore.
I know, I encounter the same annoyances myself. Microsoft, trying to make everything as easy as possible, even with "PROFESSIONAL", just doesn't realize that someone that's NOT a moron might be using their software.
Let me know if this helps,
-AInTeL
Please could anyone tell me how to turn this off!! It si driving me crazy!! Every time i change something e.g. font size then everything in the document changes. I then have to use the undo command to remove the rest of the document style changes but still retain the change I wanted
Help!!

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