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CTRL+M indent problem

I regularly format my Word documents with indents by using CTRL+M to indent.  Since switching from Word 97 to Word 2013, I have run into the following problem: instead of CTRL+M indenting only the paragraph I am working in, it indents all of the previous paragraphs as well.  If I then hit CTRL+Z to undo, the other paragraphs return to their proper place, leaving indented only the paragraph I'd intended to indent in the first place, but it seems crazy to need to do that extra step every time.

I have verified that there are paragraph breaks between the paragraphs, so I'm mystified at this behavior.

Can anyone help?
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See the article "Formatting applied to one paragraph affects the entire document” at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/WholeDocumentReformatted.htm

Hope this helps,
Doug Robbins - MVP Office Apps & Services (Word)
dougrobbinsmvp@gmail.com
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Last updated October 5, 2021 Views 392 Applies to: