When I draft documents in Word I use a "form" or a previously created
document as my "form" for a new document. I have read the postings to
hide/delete tracked changes so my email recipient doesn't see what I did to
change the document over time. What I can't figure out is how to I hide the
"original" and "original showing markup" view in the reviewing pane. It
seems like you can't hide this - so now my email recipients can see what my
document looked like when I started to draft it which would disclose things I
don't want to disclose to my email recipient.

So, can I hide the "original" and the "original showing markup" from my
email recipient? or what else can i do?

Thanks in advance.

Well, to begin with, instead of using a document as a form, you should be
creating a template (see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...platePart1.htm). That way
you would be starting from scratch in each document. If you insist on
starting with an existing document, you can at least Save As. Then you would
not need to be tracking changes. Or if you do, you can Accept All Changes in
Document before sending the document, so your recipient will see only the
final form.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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When I draft documents in Word I use a "form" or a previously created
document as my "form" for a new document. I have read the postings to
hide/delete tracked changes so my email recipient doesn't see what I did
to
change the document over time. What I can't figure out is how to I hide
the
"original" and "original showing markup" view in the reviewing pane. It
seems like you can't hide this - so now my email recipients can see what
my
document looked like when I started to draft it which would disclose
things I
don't want to disclose to my email recipient.

So, can I hide the "original" and the "original showing markup" from my
email recipient? or what else can i do?

Thanks in advance.