Tracked changes turns itself back on

[Mark Tangard]

We have a simple Word file, born elsewhere, that consistently opens with
tracked changes turned on. (The TRK is showing in the status bar, and
any insertions/deleting we make become immediately marked.)

If we turn tracking off, make an edit, save the doc, close Word, reopen
it, and reopen the document, the TRK is back on. There's no delay while
it comes on -- it's just there. There's no macro code in the document,
and this happens when this same doc is opened on various PCs, none of
which have an AutoOpen macro that might be doing this, and the doc's
template is Normal.

The file is otherwise unremarkable. We don't need or want to track our
edits, and there are no tracked changes in the document. (Yes, we know
about hiding vs. accepting.) Running code to display
ActiveDocument.Revisions.Count gives 0. What are we missing?

'Preciate any help.
Mark Tangard

 

[Lifesnadir]

Depending on how long the document is, and what formatting you would lose, as
last resort you could copy it all into Notepad and then copy it all back into
a New Document in Word.

All inherited / received documents carry their formatting into Word. I'm
just learning about this annoying "feature."

 

[CyberTaz]

Once Track Changes is activated in a document the changes tracked will be
retained until they are either Accepted or Rejected. In the meanwhile,
turning the feature OFF only means that any further changes not be tracked,
but the unnaccepted/unrejected changes are still there. Docs with tracked
changes automatically open with the markup displayed so the user realizes
that to be the case.

When you no longer wish to continue tracking or retain the markup & changes
that have been tracked:

Turn Track Changes OFF
Accept or Reject each individual change (or use Accept All or Reject All)
Save the file

You might want to have a quite useful read here:

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/trackchanges/HowTrackChangesWorks.html

And perhaps share Shauna's insights with those who are supplying the docs

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Mark Tangard]

CyberTaz,

As I explained, there were no tracked changes in the document. (As a former
Word MVP, I know the difference between turning tracking off and accepting
changes.) As it turns out, the document was corrupted -- rebirthing it by
pasting all but its final paragraph mark into a new document fixed it.