Susan,
I do not have the same option screens with office word 2003 SP1 but I went
to Tools\Options\Security and turned both to OFF
Remove personal information from file properties on Save and
Make hidden markup visable when opening or saving
I hope this does the trick wish me luck?

thanks
"Mules" wrote:

When I open to make changes to a document I receive "Do you want to merge
changes in document back into previous document" Message. How do I turn it
off? I have investigated Mail Merge?? But I haven't come up with the right
setting! I am using Word Office 2003 SP1,
Thanks to all that take the time to read this question.