I think you have misunderstood our response. It sounds as if your solution
is to turn off the setting to display markup automatically. This is
dangerous! If there is hidden markup in a document, you *want* users to be
able to see it! That is the reason the setting is on the Security tab.
Hiding the markup is not the same as removing it.
Also, FWIW, MVPs are not paid. We're all volunteers.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site:
http://word.mvps.org
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"Ofisteqi" wrote in message
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Jeez Jay,
You didn't have to personalize your response. If I was a true Office
Techie
like you, I would have gotten an MVP certification and the big bucks that
comes with that title. Try not to forget what it was like when you were
learning all this stuff.
As Suzanne stated in her reply, there are multiple settings to configure
because this 'feature' is turned on by default. That's why this
configuration
is so confusing, because of the multiple steps that are required to simply
turn it off. I understand why the feature is available, because in some
applications, it would be very useful.
But when you push this software out to 10k desktops, one overlooked
setting
like this generates alot of support calls. Those that share documents with
outside vendors want this information striped out for legal reasons and
that's why I asked in the first place. I'm creating a 'cheat sheet' with
instructions and unfortunately, one setting doesn't remove everything.
Thanks for your prompt replies. It's appreciated.
Ofisteqi wannabe...because I started out in this field with WordPerfect
5.0
and I miss it's simplicity...sniff.
"Jay Freedman" wrote:
Hi Ofisteqi,
If you never turn on Tracked Changes in the Tools menu for a particular
document, the changes won't be tracked in that document. That's all
there is
to that.
If you do turn on Tracked Changes, you must have a purpose in doing
so --
you want someone else (or yourself later on) to see what was changed. Or
you
received the document from someone else who intended that. The feature
is
primarily for sharing and reviewing information in a workgroup.
Once you do track changes, they stay in the document until you remove
them.
The procedure given in that article isn't complicated. It boils down to
this: "If you want to send a document that has tracked changes, and you
don't want the recipient to see them, then use the Accept All button on
the
Reviewing toolbar." As the article is written, it takes into account the
possibilities that (a) the toolbar might not be visible when you start,
(b)
some of the options might have been turned off, and (c) you might want
to
remove some changes and not others.
If you're worried about stuff being hidden in Word documents, get the
hidden-data-remover add-in from
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=834427.
This stuff isn't rocket science. For someone who alludes to being an
"Office
Techie" it shouldn't even be worth commenting about.
--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Ofisteqi wrote:
Is there a way to turn off Tracked Changes without going through the
hoops found in this article?
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...983881033.aspx
From what I've read about Tracked Changes, it appears that there is
no way to 'shut off' this information from being hidden in the
document. Of course, there are add-in for converting to .pdf etc, but
why doesn't Word offer a setting (one setting and not confusing
multiple settings stated in this article) to turn this 'feature' off.
Can anyone explain what the purpose is of having changes tracked from
Microsoft's viewpoint?
With all of the press lately about legal issues and document
retention and storage, there should be a way to shut this down
without attending a training session.
Thanks for your feedback.