Document always opens with tracked changes visible

[Kim B.]

This document a co-worker gave me has changes tracked within it. Everytime I
open the file it defaults to showing the tracked changes. I select to only
see final and it looks great (no changes shown). I save and exit. When I go
to open the file it opens with all the changes visible. How do I stop this
from happening?

I am using Word 2003

 

[Lene Fredborg]

The tracked changes are visible when you open the document because the
setting "Make hidden markup visible when opening or saving" in Tools >
Options > Security tab is turned on (which it is by default).

You can turn off the setting. However, you risk distributing documents with
tracked changes without being aware of it. Therefore, it is safer to keep the
setting turned on.

From Word's online help:
"Make hidden markup visible when opening or saving": Displays all comments,
annotations, deletions, and other types of revisions. If you use the use the
Show menu on the Reviewing toolbar to hide some or all of your revisions, and
you select this option, your revisions will appear when you or another user
opens the file. This option does not affect text formatted as hidden.

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Regards
Lene Fredborg
DocTools - Denmark
www.thedoctools.com
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