Turn off Compare Documents

[Eric ESAD]

I'm using Word for Mac OSX. I turned oncompare documents. Now I want to
turn it off - I just want my regular old documents and not a million
red crossed out lines, etc. Please... is there any way to turn off this
feature? Turning on & off the track changes button in the Review tool
bar does not affect it.

Thanks,
Eric

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Hi Eric,

The Track Changes button in the Reviewing Toolbar controls whether new
changes are tracked. However, once the changes are made, they are in the
document, and to get rid of them, you need to either Accept or Reject each
change. There should be commands for this on the Reviewing Toolbar. Then
make sure the Track Changes button is OFF to prevent new changes being
tracked.

(View | Markup may *hide* the changes, but they will still be in the
document).

If you got to this state through Tools | Compare Documents, next time show
comparisons in a new document, so you can just go back to your old one.

You'll find an excellent and complete explanation of Track Changes here,
though your UI is more like Word 2000 than 2002:
http://shaunakelly.com/word/trackchanges/HowTrackChangesWorks.html

 

[Eric ESAD]

Thanks Daiya.
- Eric

Hi Eric,

The Track Changes button in the Reviewing Toolbar controls whether new
changes are tracked. However, once the changes are made, they are in the
document, and to get rid of them, you need to either Accept or Reject each
change. There should be commands for this on the Reviewing Toolbar. Then
make sure the Track Changes button is OFF to prevent new changes being
tracked.

(View | Markup may *hide* the changes, but they will still be in the
document).

If you got to this state through Tools | Compare Documents, next time show
comparisons in a new document, so you can just go back to your old one.

You'll find an excellent and complete explanation of Track Changes here,
though your UI is more like Word 2000 than 2002:
http://shaunakelly.com/word/trackchanges/HowTrackChangesWorks.html




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