Re: FORMATTING NORMAL and TEMPLATES

From: Suzanne S. Barnhill (sbarnhill_at_mvps.org)
Date: 09/27/04 

Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 21:32:33 -0500

And for the rest, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TameAutoFormat.htm. But note that you
would be well advised to use a specific numbered style, the formatting of
which you can control. See
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html 

-- 
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"garfield-n-odie" <garfieldnodie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:99EFF986-9203-4DD1-8114-AEF7338F5D63@microsoft.com...
> Turn off "automatically update" in your style definitions, starting with
the
> Normal style.  See
> http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/WholeDocumentReformatted.htm for more
> info.
>
> "beencawt" wrote:
>
> > I have been working in Microsoft Word since the late 80’s.  I used Word
97
> > for twelve years but finally updated to Word 2003 which I installed in
my
> > Windows 2000 Professional.  I type for doctors and have several
templates
> > that I have never had to modify until now.  Please tell me how to fix
the
> > following problems.  WHEN YOU FINISH, TELL ME how to make the program
STOP
> > making whatever change I made to the formatting to the ENTIRE document,
i.e.
> > numbering every single line or bulleting every single line, changing the
font
> > color for a selected text, every time I try to remove the automatic
margin
> > that I don’t want, etc.  (I know I can UNDO whatever it changed, but I
DON’T
> > WANT TO.  I DON’T WANT IT TO DO IT!   Here are my examples.
> >
> > I am typing a consultation report.  I have the following as one
template:
> >
> > COMPREHENSIVE NEUROLOGICAL EXAMINATION:
> > 1.  Higher cortical function:  The patient is alert and oriented.
Speech is
> > fluent with
> >      normal repetition, comprehension and naming.  Memory is intact for
both
> >      remote and immediate.  The patient is able to follow simple and
> > complicated
> >      commands.  There is no evidence of apraxias.
> > 2.  Cranial nerve exam:  The pupils are equal and reactive to both
> > accommodation
> >      and direct light.  The extraocular muscles are full.  The discs are
> > sharp and flat
> >      with no exudates or hemorrhages and no evidence of papilledema.
Fields
> > are
> >      full to confrontation.  Facial sensation is normal and the corneal
> > reflexes are
> >      intact.  The face is symmetric, the tongue is midline and there is
> > normal gag
> >      reflex.
> > 3.  Yadda Yadda etc. etc.
> >
> > THE ABOVE IS HOW I WANT IT ON THE PAGE, WITH ALL THE NUMBERS LINED UP AT
THE
> > LEFT MARGIN.  HOWEVER - WHEN I GO TO ANOTHER SECTION THAT DOES NOT
ALREADY
> > HAVE INFORMATION TYPED THERE, IT TABS ITSELF OVER  (See below)
> > IMPRESSION:
> >        1.  History of Parkinson’s disease.
> >        2.  History of hypertension.
> >        3.  History of migraine headaches.
> >
> > RECOMMENDATIONS:
> >        1.  Will obtain an MRI of the brain.
> >        2.  Will not make any medication changes.
> >        3.  Will instruct patient to quit using Word 2003 to avoid
migraines.
> >
> > WHEN I GO TO NUMBER the IMPRESSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS, THE 1.  STARTS
OUT
> > AT THE LEFT MARGIN, BUT WHEN I TYPE SOMETHING AND THEN GO TO #2, IT
> > AUTOMATICALLY TABS ALL THE NUMBERING OVER.  Then, when I highlight the
part
> > that I want to change the format on (and it could be the tabs, the
numbers,
> > the color of the font, bold, italic, anything, it changes the WHOLE
DOCUMENT
> > to BOLD or ITALIC or RED FONT or whatever.  If I hit Ctrl Z to undo it,
it
> > does undo it, but I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DO THAT.  I DON'T WANT IT TO
DO IT!.

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