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How do I stop track changes from turning on automatically in Word?
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Mar 15, 2026180487 viewsConfidence Score0%
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This was originally posted as a Word 2007 question, but the issue and the solution are common to other versions of Word. Whenever I open an existing document in Word 2007 (on Windows XP), word turns on track changes, and changes the display mode to "Final" (that is, not "Final Showing Markup" -- so…
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The constant appearance of tracking information when you open a document is a pain. It happens because once tracking is turned on in a document you cant turn it off - you can only accept the changes but they are still there The easiest way is to cop…
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