View > Markup

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I just installed Office 2004. On the View menu, the item "Markup" is
checked. I can uncheck it while I'm in a document, but it doesn't stay
unchecked. I've been to "Help" and didn't really get any. What is this
feature, do I want it (I'm not in a business environment so I don't
track changes!), and how do I uncheck it permanently.

Thanks.

SJ Miller

 

[Beth Rosengard]

Hi SJ,

Open the Reviewing Toolbar from the View menu and unselect (click on) the
Track Changes button. And, no, you don't need it unless you use track
changes.

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[Daiya Mitchell]

View | Markup is checked by default so that if you were tracking changes,
you couldn't accidentally forget they were there and send them off to
someone else who could see all your editing. It's always on in my setup as
well, but it does nothing, unless there were actually tracked changes (aka
markup). You can ignore it safely, but if it's really bothering you, I
suspect you would either have to make the change directly to Normal or set a
macro to run on launch and uncheck it.