How do I cancel auto-bold in Microsoft Word on a Mac?

Question

Every time I being a new paragraph, line, or bullet point, the bold option is automatically selected. I keep removing it each time and have searched through the settings but cannot find a solution besides the manual one I am doing. If there is an automatic way to turn this off please let me know. Thank you!

Answer 1

You may have enabled a paragraph style or changed the Normal style. In Word when you create a new paragraph by pressing Enter, that new paragraph has all the attributes of the paragraph it was created from.



On the Home tab you will see a Style group. See if the style changes when you start a new paragraph. In the PC version of Word you can press Shift-F1 to open the Reveal Formatting task pane. Click in different areas of the document to see what style is being used in that area.

Answer 2

When you open a new Word document go to the top where bold is. There is a footer that says "Font." to the right is a half square with an arrow. Click this and it should bring up a menu. In this menu, select all of the formatting you want in every document. Once done click on "Set As Default." Click "Ok" and this should solve your problem

Answer 3

Didn't work :( the bold option isn't selected, yet it is still bolding everything

Answer 4

Sounds like you've changed the Default Style to be Bold.



Try Format --> Styles and Formatting...