You sir are absolutely correct, I was looking at the autoformat tab not the "autoformat as you type". You've solved that problem. But how does autoformat work? I still saw some changes in autoformat take place immediately and others not.

I used ctrl+I for years, but somewhere along the line I got into the muscle memory of using the shift and dash key, which are more closely grouped to the keys I routinely use even if it is an extra key stroke. Somehow crtl has become a reach. I was prepared to go back to the shortcut, but I had to know what was wrong.