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Typing in a new Word doc, all of a sudden my typing turns to red
underline--and won't allow me to change back to normal. I know I accidentally brushed some key or other w/fingers of my right hand (I'm a v. bad 2-finger typist) just before that happened. Also--there are red dotted lines in my doc showing what I deleted, notes of formatting. There's a box marked 'final showing markup' visible up in the tool bar--I'm pretty sure it wasn't there before. Obviously I've accidentally activated some feature or other. How do I ghet back to normal? (Normal to me means just plain letters on the screen in the size and color of my choice--and nothing else.) |
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It sounds like you accidentally turned on the Track Changes feature in Microsoft Word. This feature is commonly used when collaborating on a document with others, as it allows you to see any changes made to the document and who made them.
To turn off Track Changes and get back to normal, follow these steps:
Once you've completed these steps, your document should be back to normal with no red underlines or tracked changes.
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You have activated the option to track changes. Turn off that option and
accept all changes. In Word to 2003 you can do that from the Review toolbar. In Word 2007 its the review tab on the ribbon. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org obillo wrote: Typing in a new Word doc, all of a sudden my typing turns to red underline--and won't allow me to change back to normal. I know I accidentally brushed some key or other w/fingers of my right hand (I'm a v. bad 2-finger typist) just before that happened. Also--there are red dotted lines in my doc showing what I deleted, notes of formatting. There's a box marked 'final showing markup' visible up in the tool bar--I'm pretty sure it wasn't there before. Obviously I've accidentally activated some feature or other. How do I ghet back to normal? (Normal to me means just plain letters on the screen in the size and color of my choice--and nothing else.) |
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Turn off Track Changes: Ctrl-Shift-E, or double-click "TRK" in the
status bar at the bottom, or click the icon on the Reviewing toolbar (or the Reviewing tab of the ribbon). Then find the icon on that same toolbar/ribbon section for Accept Change -- it's a blue checkmark. In 2003 there's a tiny arrow next to it; click that and choose Accept All Changes. In 2007 it's a big icon with an arrow below it -- click that and choose Accept All Changes. On May 20, 7:49*am, obillo wrote: Typing in a new Word doc, all of a sudden my typing turns to red underline--and won't allow me to change back to normal. I know I accidentally brushed some key or other w/fingers of my right hand (I'm a v. bad 2-finger typist) just before that happened. Also--there are red dotted lines in my doc showing what I deleted, notes of formatting. *There's a box marked 'final showing markup' visible up in the tool bar--I'm pretty sure it wasn't there before. Obviously I've accidentally activated some feature or other. How do I ghet back to normal? (Normal to me means just plain letters on the screen in the size and color of my choice--and nothing else.) |
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![]() "Graham Mayor" wrote: You have activated the option to track changes. Turn off that option and accept all changes. In Word to 2003 you can do that from the Review toolbar. In Word 2007 its the review tab on the ribbon. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org obillo wrote: Typing in a new Word doc, all of a sudden my typing turns to red underline--and won't allow me to change back to normal. I know I accidentally brushed some key or other w/fingers of my right hand (I'm a v. bad 2-finger typist) just before that happened. Also--there are red dotted lines in my doc showing what I deleted, notes of formatting. There's a box marked 'final showing markup' visible up in the tool bar--I'm pretty sure it wasn't there before. Obviously I've accidentally activated some feature or other. How do I ghet back to normal? (Normal to me means just plain letters on the screen in the size and color of my choice--and nothing else.) Thanks, Graham, but I should have mentioned my dinosaur status. That is, I'm too technologically backward to know what a Review Toolbar is (I have W.2003). I don't see anything so marked on my screen. But, while fearfully strolling around the toolbars I can see, I came to the TOOLS menu, which has Track Changes (CTRL+Shift+E). This seems to be a toggle (turn on/turn off), for a feature that allows keeping track of editing changes in a document. I can't imagine how I accidentally activated it, although I have noticed that accidentally brushing space bar and 1 or more other keys with my draggy-saggy fingers see,s to short-circuit the kbd into doing odd things (includng erasing entire documents). I certainly did NOT enter CTRL+Shift+E! Anyway--problem solved and I sally forth better informed. Thank you for your help. |
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OMG thank you so much i had exactly the same problem and had NO idea what was going on ahah you saved me
![]() On Wednesday, May 20, 2009 7:49:01 PM UTC+8, obillo wrote: Typing in a new Word doc, all of a sudden my typing turns to red underline--and won't allow me to change back to normal. I know I accidentally brushed some key or other w/fingers of my right hand (I'm a v. bad 2-finger typist) just before that happened. Also--there are red dotted lines in my doc showing what I deleted, notes of formatting. There's a box marked 'final showing markup' visible up in the tool bar--I'm pretty sure it wasn't there before. Obviously I've accidentally activated some feature or other. How do I ghet back to normal? (Normal to me means just plain letters on the screen in the size and color of my choice--and nothing else.) |
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thank you!
that worked! On Wednesday, May 20, 2009 4:49:01 AM UTC-7, obillo wrote: Typing in a new Word doc, all of a sudden my typing turns to red underline--and won't allow me to change back to normal. I know I accidentally brushed some key or other w/fingers of my right hand (I'm a v. bad 2-finger typist) just before that happened. Also--there are red dotted lines in my doc showing what I deleted, notes of formatting. There's a box marked 'final showing markup' visible up in the tool bar--I'm pretty sure it wasn't there before. Obviously I've accidentally activated some feature or other. How do I ghet back to normal? (Normal to me means just plain letters on the screen in the size and color of my choice--and nothing else.) |
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On Wednesday, May 20, 2009 9:11:42 PM UTC+8, grammatim wrote:
Turn off Track Changes: Ctrl-Shift-E, or double-click "TRK" in the status bar at the bottom, or click the icon on the Reviewing toolbar (or the Reviewing tab of the ribbon). wow thanks....Ctrl-Shift-E just did a good job atleast will help me finish my thesis..... |
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On Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 7:49:01 AM UTC-4, obillo wrote:
Typing in a new Word doc, all of a sudden my typing turns to red underline--and won't allow me to change back to normal. I know I accidentally brushed some key or other w/fingers of my right hand (I'm a v. bad 2-finger typist) just before that happened. Also--there are red dotted lines in my doc showing what I deleted, notes of formatting. There's a box marked 'final showing markup' visible up in the tool bar--I'm pretty sure it wasn't there before. Obviously I've accidentally activated some feature or other. How do I ghet back to normal? (Normal to me means just plain letters on the screen in the size and color of my choice--and nothing else.) thank you. this posting helped. |
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On Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 4:49:01 AM UTC-7, obillo wrote:
Typing in a new Word doc, all of a sudden my typing turns to red underline--and won't allow me to change back to normal. I know I accidentally brushed some key or other w/fingers of my right hand (I'm a v. bad 2-finger typist) just before that happened. Also--there are red dotted lines in my doc showing what I deleted, notes of formatting. There's a box marked 'final showing markup' visible up in the tool bar--I'm pretty sure it wasn't there before. Obviously I've accidentally activated some feature or other. How do I ghet back to normal? (Normal to me means just plain letters on the screen in the size and color of my choice--and nothing else.) Thank you!!!! |
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On Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 12:49:01 PM UTC+1, obillo wrote:
Typing in a new Word doc, all of a sudden my typing turns to red underline--and won't allow me to change back to normal. I know I accidentally brushed some key or other w/fingers of my right hand (I'm a v. bad 2-finger typist) just before that happened. Also--there are red dotted lines in my doc showing what I deleted, notes of formatting. There's a box marked 'final showing markup' visible up in the tool bar--I'm pretty sure it wasn't there before. Obviously I've accidentally activated some feature or other. How do I ghet back to normal? (Normal to me means just plain letters on the screen in the size and color of my choice--and nothing else.) |
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On Wednesday, 20 May 2009 12:49:01 UTC+1, obillo wrote:
Typing in a new Word doc, all of a sudden my typing turns to red underline--and won't allow me to change back to normal. I know I accidentally brushed some key or other w/fingers of my right hand (I'm a v. bad 2-finger typist) just before that happened. Also--there are red dotted lines in my doc showing what I deleted, notes of formatting. There's a box marked 'final showing markup' visible up in the tool bar--I'm pretty sure it wasn't there before. Obviously I've accidentally activated some feature or other. How do I ghet back to normal? (Normal to me means just plain letters on the screen in the size and color of my choice--and nothing else.) |
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**** you
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On Wednesday, 20 May 2009 10:11:42 UTC-3, grammatim wrote:
Turn off Track Changes: Ctrl-Shift-E, or double-click "TRK" in the status bar at the bottom, or click the icon on the Reviewing toolbar (or the Reviewing tab of the ribbon). Then find the icon on that same toolbar/ribbon section for Accept Change -- it's a blue checkmark. In 2003 there's a tiny arrow next to it; click that and choose Accept All Changes. In 2007 it's a big icon with an arrow below it -- click that and choose Accept All Changes. On May 20, 7:49Â*am, obillo wrote: Typing in a new Word doc, all of a sudden my typing turns to red underline--and won't allow me to change back to normal. I know I accidentally brushed some key or other w/fingers of my right hand (I'm a v. bad 2-finger typist) just before that happened. Also--there are red dotted lines in my doc showing what I deleted, notes of formatting. Â*There's a box marked 'final showing markup' visible up in the tool bar--I'm pretty sure it wasn't there before. Obviously I've accidentally activated some feature or other. How do I ghet back to normal? (Normal to me means just plain letters on the screen in the size and color of my choice--and nothing else.) Thank you so much! |
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You just have to press alt+ctrl+the plus on the number keyboard.😊
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On Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 5:49:01 PM UTC+6, obillo wrote:
Typing in a new Word doc, all of a sudden my typing turns to red underline--and won't allow me to change back to normal. I know I accidentally brushed some key or other w/fingers of my right hand (I'm a v. bad 2-finger typist) just before that happened. Also--there are red dotted lines in my doc showing what I deleted, notes of formatting. There's a box marked 'final showing markup' visible up in the tool bar--I'm pretty sure it wasn't there before. Obviously I've accidentally activated some feature or other. How do I ghet back to normal? (Normal to me means just plain letters on the screen in the size and color of my choice--and nothing else.) |
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On Thursday, 20 June 2019 at 08:13:43 UTC+1, wrote:
On Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 5:49:01 PM UTC+6, obillo wrote: Typing in a new Word doc, all of a sudden my typing turns to red underline--and won't allow me to change back to normal. I know I accidentally brushed some key or other w/fingers of my right hand (I'm a v. bad 2-finger typist) just before that happened. Also--there are red dotted lines in my doc showing what I deleted, notes of formatting. There's a box marked 'final showing markup' visible up in the tool bar--I'm pretty sure it wasn't there before. Obviously I've accidentally activated some feature or other. How do I ghet back to normal? (Normal to me means just plain letters on the screen in the size and color of my choice--and nothing else.) |
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