ok I have never been to great at Word to start with. But now I have to use it
in college. I got a new version and it is driving me crazier. how can i get
rid of the formatting distriptions on the side of my document. I just want
to be able to type my paper, make changes and corrections without all the
mess on the side, don't tell me what i did on my paper just let me see it.
HELP

From the Tools menu, select Options and then go to the View tab and set the
Style area width to 0.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"joy" wrote in message
...
ok I have never been to great at Word to start with. But now I have to use
it
in college. I got a new version and it is driving me crazier. how can i
get
rid of the formatting distriptions on the side of my document. I just
want
to be able to type my paper, make changes and corrections without all the
mess on the side, don't tell me what i did on my paper just let me see it.
HELP

Or click the X to close the Styles and Formatting task pane if that's the
issue.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
From the Tools menu, select Options and then go to the View tab and set
the
Style area width to 0.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"joy" wrote in message
...
ok I have never been to great at Word to start with. But now I have to
use
it
in college. I got a new version and it is driving me crazier. how can
i
get
rid of the formatting distriptions on the side of my document. I just
want
to be able to type my paper, make changes and corrections without all
the
mess on the side, don't tell me what i did on my paper just let me see
it.
HELP

I do not think you understand. i wrote a term paper sent it to my professor
she makes corrections and comment and i have to fix the problem. when i
correct or write more i have to use a different color, or mark through. when
i do this i see no color change but i get a dotted line and a little box to
the side that says what i did. i don't like this i just want it to show what
i did and not boxes telling me. it gets too confusing. please help.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Or click the X to close the Styles and Formatting task pane if that's the
issue.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
From the Tools menu, select Options and then go to the View tab and set
the
Style area width to 0.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"joy" wrote in message
...
ok I have never been to great at Word to start with. But now I have to
use
it
in college. I got a new version and it is driving me crazier. how can
i
get
rid of the formatting distriptions on the side of my document. I just
want
to be able to type my paper, make changes and corrections without all
the
mess on the side, don't tell me what i did on my paper just let me see
it.
HELP

See http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/trac...ngesWorks.html

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"joy" wrote in message
...
I do not think you understand. i wrote a term paper sent it to my
professor
she makes corrections and comment and i have to fix the problem. when i
correct or write more i have to use a different color, or mark through.
when
i do this i see no color change but i get a dotted line and a little box
to
the side that says what i did. i don't like this i just want it to show
what
i did and not boxes telling me. it gets too confusing. please help.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Or click the X to close the Styles and Formatting task pane if that's
the
issue.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
From the Tools menu, select Options and then go to the View tab and
set
the
Style area width to 0.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"joy" wrote in message
...
ok I have never been to great at Word to start with. But now I have
to
use
it
in college. I got a new version and it is driving me crazier. how
can
i
get
rid of the formatting distriptions on the side of my document. I
just
want
to be able to type my paper, make changes and corrections without
all
the
mess on the side, don't tell me what i did on my paper just let me
see
it.
HELP