Can this be solved by going to Tools--Options, clicking the Security tab,
and deselecting "Make hidden markup visible..."? Or is that too potentially
dangerous?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You're saying that when the recipient opens the document, TRK in the status
bar is black, and any changes the recipient makes are marked with colors and
balloons? And to clarify, have you in fact accepted all the changes in the
document before turning Track Changes off?

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Frantic in Carolina" Frantic in wrote
in message ...
Hi Suzanne
I must definatley gree with Karen.
I am having the same issue, I am working on my MBA online and when I sent
my
paper to the professor last week he received with the track changes on.
I always check my document before e-mailing to professor and each time I
opened the darn Track Changes was on. I turned them off and resent to
myself
and lo and behold the darn thing was on again. I tried to find a flag in
options and customize to turn off but I had no success.

Karen are you using a laptop, the reason I ask is that I recentley
reloaded
my laptop because of a bad hard drive.

This is very frustrating as you said Karen I am glad I am in good company.

I tried the File properties that was suggested and it did not work either.

Anyone have a clue???

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Does it really open with Track Changes enabled or just with the
Reviewing
toolbar displayed? The latter would just indicate that the document
contains
tracked changes or comments. Turning Track Changes off does not affect
this;
you have to actually accept the changes and delete the comments before
saving if you want the document to open with the Reviewing toolbar off.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Karen" wrote in message
...
Word 2003

I can't keep track changes off. I researched on this board and found
advice
from Lisa Inniger about changing the file properties, which I did.
[Lisa's
advice: 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.]

However, upon reopening the file, it still opens with track changes
on.
This
is a useful and powerful tool most of the time, but the rest of the
time
it
causes a whole lotta frustration!

Anyone have any other advice?

TIA.