FWIW, you don't have to see them even when they're there. It was recently
brought to my attention that there's a check box for that on the View tab of
Tools | Options. But I sympathize with your desire to eradicate them; they
add to the file size and cause Word to prompt you to save when you haven't
changed anything.

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"Bright Spark" wrote in message
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I was afraid of that -- but then if it reverts to the other person's
normal.dot when they open it, why doesn't it then also revert back to
my normal.dot when I open it again after they have sent it back to me?

It's any and all Smart Tags, and it's a problem because I don't want
them and I can't seem to get rid of them.

Heather

On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 11:48:44 +0100, "TF"
terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote:

But when another users opens the documents, they will be using their own
normal.dot. Which Smart Tag is it that is giving you grief and why is it
a
problem?