why is my wildcard format also using the default format please ?
how do I stop my set formats from also including the default format ?
seems to be doing it to all my formats.
did recently make a change to the default format but I'm hoping I did not click an invisible 'apply to all' button.
The format must not have all of its pages turned on, or is set to include columns from other matching formats.
hmmmm - so by pages, you mean the tabs in the format dialog
and indeed turning them on has fixed the problem
I now have a gazillion and 2 set formats to change.
many thanks for the enlightenment - if the tab is not on then what settings will it use = the default ones of course 
In my case I'm seeing this infotip, too
And the current wildcard format does not have the include default format option switched on nor does it have all pages activated.
Do you know where is the origin of "User Default Format" in my case?
Why change them? What is the problem you are trying to solve?
You'd normally want to use your default format for elements you don't want to be different, and only make the wildcard format change things you want different in those particular folders.
"User Default" folder format.
Because "Display", "Hide Filters" and "Show Filters" are turned off in your screenshot and mixes with the "User Default" folder format.
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Hmmm - I was sort of thinking - saved format of one type or another for folders you want different from the default format - not elements that you want different.
One could always use a Favorite Format to in part escape this problem.
But then the wildcard functionality is gone.
There is some logic in how Directory Opus is including Default format with the wildcard match.
The word different has several meanings in English, but in other languages there may be several words. I'm thinking the German word for different that applies is vershieden as opposed to anders.
Sorry if I'm wrong. I read this thread and this was the thought I had.
I don't think there actually is a problem to escape from here. There was just some confusion about why the info-tip would mention the default format (because things inherit from it if they don't specify their own settings).
I had the impression that a Default Format gets only applied if none of the six pages in e.g. a wildcard format are selected, aka has the checkbox activated.
But it's OK how it's working, one has to understand properly, though:
Each single page of the default format gets merged into any other format as long as the equal page there has the checkbox NOT activated.
Example, a wildcard format has the following pages:
Columns [X]
Sorting [X]
Grouping [ ]
Display [ ]
Hide Filters [ ]
Show Filters [ ]
The default format does not have any checkboxes, so the final format that gets applied is:
Columns <- wildcard format
Sorting <- wildcard format
Grouping <- default format
Display <- default format
Hide Filters <- default format
Show Filters <- default format
Is this picture correct?
Yes, although it's not only the default format that can fill in the gaps. Other formats which match the folder may also do so.
Every setting has to be defined one way or another, and if no other format matches and defines those settings then they are either going to come from your defaults our our factory defaults. If you think things through, the way it works makes sense, and lets you define what you want your own defaults to be.
I understood it this way, above I showed a simplified situation.