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Word on Mac: remove markup

Francis W. -  
tom08130 Posted messages 1 Status Member -
Hello,

I usually take the previous edition of the periodic bulletins that I print, erase the content, and replace it with new content.

When I open the file, all the revision marks from the previous edition appear. I have to uncheck "revision marks" in "view" to make them disappear. They are actually just being hidden because with every new opening they reappear along with the content from the previous bulletin before I uncheck them again.

I would like to eliminate them permanently, but none of the methods I have found online give me this option.

How can I do this?

Best regards

Francis W.

Configuration: Mac OS X (10.9) / Firefox 30.0

4 answers

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    Aliboron Martin Posted messages 3660 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   992
     
    Which version of Word is being referred to (with which update level)? In the "Tools" menu > "Track Changes", how did you set the options (and in particular the line "Report changes while editing") or the "Track Changes" button in the "Review" tab of the ribbon (Word 2011)?

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  2. caret41 Posted messages 3 Status Member
     
    Thank you for your help.
    I am on WORD MAC 2011 version 14.4.1.

    In TOOLS:
    track changes while editing and
    track moves are UNCHECKED
    the other two are checked

    In the REVIEW tab:
    "inactive" Final with markup.

    SHOW MARKUP:
    comments: checked
    insertions: checked
    formatting: checked
    the others unchecked

    When I change the check marks, after saving, closing, and reopening the file, the checked and unchecked positions revert to their original state and the problem persists.
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  3. tom08130 Posted messages 1 Status Member
     
    Hello,

    I had some difficulties and here is the solution that works for me:
    1 - go to Word's "Preferences," "Track Changes"
    2 - in the "Markup" area,
    select "None" for all the categories: "Insertions," "Deletions," "Changed Lines," and "Formatting"
    3 - in the "Balloons" area, uncheck "Use balloons..."
    4 - Close the preferences
    5 - in the "Review" tab of Word, select "Final."

    Best regards,
    TT

    Office version 2011 Word 14.4.4 OSX9.4
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  4. Aliboron Martin Posted messages 3660 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   992
     
    Is it always the same document (or do you notice the same problem with any document, including one created from a blank page)?

    If it's only one document, we can assume there's a corruption in the document that prevents changes from being saved. In that case, the best approach is to create a "clean" document, avoiding copy-pasting (because it doesn't just paste what you see). The best way is to paste what you retrieve as "plain text," possibly using a third-party tool like TextEdit or LibreOffice.

    If this is systematic across all documents, then the cause may lie in a corruption within the preference files. At least, you should try to resolve the issue by deleting the preference files related to Word, as well as the document "Normal.dotm...

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