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On Thursday, May 1, 2008 11:08:23 AM UTC-4, Jay Freedman wrote:
Hammar2007 wrote:
> Hi. In a tracked changes document, you used to be able to save it
> with the changes hidden and have it open that way. So far in 2007, I
> haven't been able to do that -- I save it as "Final" in the Tracking
> group but it opens as "Final Showing Markup."
>
> I've looked around the Proofing options and Advanced options but
> couldn't find anything that looked relevant.
>
> Is there a way to get it to open in Final while still preserving the
> markup?
>
> Thanks,

There is a way, but first let me tell you why you shouldn't use it. By
default the document opens in Final Showing Markup whenever there is markup
that hasn't been accepted, to protect you from sending the document to
another computer without realizing the markup is there. There have been some
very embarrassing and very public instances of that among corporate and
government users.

If you insist: Go to Office button > Word Options > Trust Center > Trust
Center Settings > Privacy Options. In the Document-specific section, clear
the checkbox for "Make hidden markup visible when opening or saving". Just
remember that it's now up to you to look for markup before you send the
document to anyone else.

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Really appreciate it Jay. Two thumbs up