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.