Hi
In Word 2003, you can tell Word not to display tracked changes and comments
automatically. To do this, Tools > Options > Security. Un-tick Make hidden
markup visible when opening or saving. As Amazon might say, people who
bought that idea also removed the batteries from their fire alarms<g>. If
you un-tick that box, you risk forgetting that your own documents have
tracked changes in them, and you risk sending one of your own documents out
to someone with, perhaps, inadvisable tracked changes left in the document.
Hope this helps.
Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word