I agree that this is bizarre and seemingly inexplicable. I'll give you the
benefit of assuming you're not pressing Ctrl+Shift+E inadvertently (much
less double-clicking TRK on the status bar), so it must be something else.
Are there any unexplained macros in Tools | Macro | Macros?

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"JStillings" wrote in message
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I have noticed something that I can only describe as "Ghost Track
Changes."
Many times, when I open a document my group created in Word 2000, Word
automatically begins tracking the changes in 2003 even when Track Changes
is
NOT turned on. Read carefully, I didn't say "displays changes", I said
"tracks changes".

Here's a scenario:

I open a file and see no changes highlighted even though I have "Final
showing markup" selected. I check to see (out of habit now) if Track
Changes
is turned on in the document, and it isn't. I start typing, and lo and
behold, colored change bars, text, and balloons start appearing.

I am well familiar with Track Changes, how to turn it on and off, how to
accept chages, hidden text, and all things like that. What I am not
familiar
with is the mysterious ability of Word to Track Changes even after all
changes have been accepted and Track Changes has been turned off multiple
times.

Is there a solution for this?