Mark,

I pulled this from the Office Help File. Hopefully, it will give you more
information.

Turning off change tracking does not remove changes that have already been
tracked. Instead, turning off change tracking enables you to modify the
document without marking what has changed. To remove tracked changes, use
commands on the Reviewing toolbar to review and accept or reject the changes.

On the Tools menu, click Track Changes.

When the Track Changes feature is enabled, TRK appears on the status bar
(status bar: A horizontal bar at the bottom of the screen that displays
information about the current condition of the program, such as the status of
items in the window, the progress of the current task, or information about
the selected item.). When you turn off change tracking, TRK is dimmed.

Tip

You can also double-click TRK on the status bar to turn change tracking on
or off.
Notes

If the Track Changes command is unavailable, you may need to turn off
document protection by clicking Unprotect Document on the Tools menu. (You
may need to know the document password.)
If you turn off change tracking in a document and change tracking is turned
on when you reopen the document, you may need to modify the file properties.
On the File menu, click Properties, and then click the Custom tab. In the
Properties box, click each item, click Delete, and then close the document.
When you open the document again, change tracking is turned off.


"Mark Durrenberger" wrote:

Hi, didn't know the best group to post this in...

Word version 2003

Every time I launch word with a particular document, it comes up displaying
the changes that I or others have made. (red text/strike outs etc).

I want the document to open "showing final" only. How do I set this default?
Also, I want track changes off by default... but it seems to be on by
default???

Thanks,
Mark