Microsoft Word 2002 can detect formatting inconsistencies in your documents for you. For example, you may want to have all the headings in a document formatted the exact same way, but you inadvertently formatted some of them differently. Word can detect these inconsistencies as you are typing and underline them with a blue wavy line to alert you.

You can configure Word to do this for you using the steps outlined below:

1. Within Word, click the Tools menu, click Options, and click the Edit tab.
2. Under the Editing Options section, place a check beside Keep track of formatting inconsistencies.
3. Under the Editing Options section, also place a check beside the option to Mark formatting inconsistencies.

Now all of your formatting inconsistencies will be marked in your document with a blue wavy line. When this occurs, you can right click the blue wavy line and you will be prompted to do one of the following:

• Direct formatting that’s similar to the formatting that you’ve applied more frequently.
• List formatting that’s similar to other list formatting.
• Direct formatting that matches a style.