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Default Why does my text turn red and underlined?

You're turning on Track Changes, probably by pressing the shortcut
Ctrl+Shift+E unintentionally. Read
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/trac...ngesWorks.html.

If the shortcut is too easy for you to press by accident, you can disable
it. Go to Tools Customize Keyboard (or in Word 2007, Office button
Word Options Customize Keyboard). In the left-hand list, click on All
Commands. Then in the right-hand list click on ToolsRevisionMarksToggle.
When the shortcut Ctrl+Shift+E appears in the Current Keys box, click on it
and click the Remove button. The Track Changes function will still be
available from the Tools menu (or the Review ribbon in Word 2007) if you
need to use it.

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GAPROF55 wrote:
In the middle of many Word documents, suddenly my text is red and
underlined and there are formatting messages to the right. These
messages are not invisible but print out with the document, which is
not what I want. I am unable to make this start once it begins
happening. If you can, please tell me how to disable this feature.
Thanks!