Hooray! I figured it out: just dump these seven lines into a module in
your Normal template. Since the name of this sub is "AutoOpen," it
will execute whenever you open a document. See more at
http://jyeee.blogspot.com/2006/04/fr...e-reading.html

Sub AutoOpen()
With ActiveWindow.View
.ShowRevisionsAndComments = False
.RevisionsView = wdRevisionsViewFinal
End With
CommandBars("Reviewing").Visible = False '''OPTIONAL: turns off
Reviewing toolbar
End Sub