formatting history

[FarmFan]

I just upgraded from Word 2000 to 2003. HOw do I get rid of all the
formatting red lines, red text, etc. that appears in my document when I make
changes to the document. I also need to remove it so it does not print with
the document.

Thanks for your help!!

 

[marysully]

Don't know why the text is appearing red, check to make sure the font is set
to "automatic." The formatting red lines signal spelling errors, green lines
- grammar errors. They never print out. You can turn them off by selecting
Tools, Options, Spelling and Grammar, and uncheck the boxes "check
spelling/grammar as you type."

 

[Stefan Blom]

Sounds like Track Changes. See
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/trackchanges/HowTrackChangesWorks.html#AcceptReject.

 

[FarmFan]

Thanks for your reply - Word 2003 is turning text to red where I have made
changes and also shows a balloon or a tag saying what has changed
(eg:"deleted 'the'" ) - where I corrected spelling, the new word is red and
underlined. The red/underlining shows up in print preview and will print
when I print the document. Also a vertical line along the left margin has
appeared in black that runs the length of the text but intermittently - some
paragraphs it runs for 2 to 3 paragraphs, some it is only along some lines
-??? -

I have tried turning anything that looked remotely like it would do this in
Autocorrect with no change. Thanks for your help!!!!

 

[FarmFan]

Thanks for your response - that is a great website!!!! a keeper for sure!!

I must have inadvertently turned on "Mark-up" - I kept searching "help" and
found out I should turn off "Mark-up" and tell the program to "accept all
changes" - now all the format/editing history, tags, balloons and underlining
are GONE!!!!

Thanks for all the SUPPORT!!

 

[Stefan Blom]

You are welcome.

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

You turn it on/off with Ctrl-Shift-E. That's the most likely way to
get it inadvertently -- the others are a toolbar/ribbon button, and a
spot on the status bar at the bottom.