Preference: Do not show markup by default ?

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JeffS

How do I make Word 2007 <not> show markup by default? It's <really> annoying
that I have to keep turning that off.

I have looked in "Word Options", and searched in Help, to no avail.

Thanks.
 
Jay Freedman said:
See
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...bfc271178a01?hl=en&lnk=st&q=#421cbfc271178a01

There is a way, but first let me tell you why you shouldn't use it. By
default the document opens in Final Showing Markup whenever there is markup
that hasn't been accepted, to protect you from sending the document to
another computer without realizing the markup is there. There have been some
very embarrassing and very public instances of that among corporate and
government users.

If you insist: Go to Office button > Word Options > Trust Center > Trust
Center Settings > Privacy Options. In the Document-specific section, clear
the checkbox for "Make hidden markup visible when opening or saving". Just
remember that it's now up to you to look for markup before you send the
document to anyone else.

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Jay,

Good answer. Thanks.

JeffS
 
I'm having a similar problem with Word 2008 for Mac. But I don't know how to
take your advice about going to Office button>Word Options etc. How do I
open Office?

I seem to have been able to trun off the checking of "markup" on my "normal"
file, but on a file that I've already created, somehow this seems to be
turned on somewhere, so that whenever I open it, "markup" is checked. I've
even pasted the text into a new file but whenever I open it, it still has
Markup checked. This actually affect how the feel can be accessed. For one
thing, when I page through the file, when I get to a certain point, the file
changes from Print layout to draft layout, and the footnotes in my paper
disappear. In order to see them, I have to unclick "Markup"; then these pages
can be see in the print layout all the way through (also allowing me to see
my footnotes.)

So how can I fix this file so there are no tracked changes and markup is
turned permanently off?
 
If you Accept All Changes, and Delete All Comments, there won't be any
markup left to show up when you don't want it to.

But suddenly switching into Draft View doesn't seem to have anything
to do with markup.
 
anyone know: is there a way of removing all track changes from a document
that has them?

Hillel
 
2003: On the Reviewing toolbar, there's a tiny down-arrow next to the
blue checkmark for Accept Change. Click it, and choose Accept All
Changes.

2007: In the Review tab on the Ribbon, there's a giant Accept Change
buttion. Click the little down-arrow below it and choose Accept All
Changes.
 
Jay,

Thanks for the link and teh explanation of this issue. I too have been
fighting with a couple of documents that stubbbornly refused to save in the
FINAL mode. I had searched on and off for several years for the cause and
solution. Once I read your explanation, I was able to find the offending
comment, reject it, change to final and then save. Reopened and viola problem
solved. Thanks for pointing us to the cause and sure, not just cautioning us
against turning off the option.

Thanks again
 
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