Stan, please note that the instructions Bill provides do NOT remove the
markup or turn off Track Changes. To really solve the problem, you must turn
Track Changes off and Accept All Changes in Document. Anything less just
hides the markup; if you send the document to someone else, he/she can still
see all the markup.

For more on this, see
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/trac...ngesWorks.html

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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"Bill M" wrote in message
...
Stan,

I ran into the same problem just this morning. Every time I pulled up 2
specific documents, they came up showing the "markup". I found the fix in
F1
help, but here it is:

1. Open the document.
2. If it is not already showing, show the "Reviewing" toolbar.
3. Select "Final". It probably shows "Final with Markup".
4. Now, go to "Tools" on the word menu.
5. From the Tools menu drop down, select "Options".
6. From the Options menu, select the "Security" tab.
7. On the Security tab, UNCHECK the box to the left of the "Make hidden
markup visible when opening or saving" field, which is towards the bottom
of
the dialog box.
8. Save the document.
9. Close the document and re-open. It should open normally now.

NOTE: If you find that this box is -not- checked, I found that you have to
check it, save the document, close and re-open the document, then uncheck
it,
save the document and re-open to fix. This is on a "Per Document" basis,
so
you will have to perform these procedures for every document you have that
is
doing this.

Hope this helps. :-)
--
Bill M


"Stan" wrote:

Can anyone tell me how to get rid of or make disappear the reviewing
markup
feature in Word. I don't use it, don't want to have to remove the
correction
history after I edit. I don't want to ever see it again. Help Thanks
Stan