Microsoft word 2004 changes whole document instead of just selected text

Question

I'm using MacBook Pro 10.5.8. I'm having trouble with microsoft 2004. When I select text from a portion of the document (like a paragraph) to change its property (like make it bold, or shift a block of text over by a tab), the whole document (everythiing else that i did not select) moves. This can happen to 200 pages! It's driving me nuts. It's also doing it to new documents. I have thrown away my preferences file: preferences/com.microsof.Word.plist; and restarted my computer but it keeps happening. I'm trying to finish a huge writing project with deadlines at the end of the week and it's making it really difficult to work. Anyone have any ideas that might help me? Thanks so much!

Answer 1

muphi wrote:
the text in the entire document is turning bold
That's a different matter. And it's not what you said in your OP, so you better make sure that is the actual problem.
I hesitate to ask this, but have you used a single Style throughout the document?
If yes, check its automatic update setting. Click inside the text, go to Format > Style > Modify and check if the "Automatically update" option is enabled. (I'm not using Word 2004, so these may not be exactly as described.)
If no, then probably the document is corrupt.
(Note that this is based on your description -- it that's not accurate, then neither is my answer.)