Whenever I open a word doc I get the "Final Showing Markup" view instead of
the Final view I prefer. Is there a way to change this so it defauts to the
view I want?

You *can* do this, but it is strongly discouraged: clear the appropriate
check box on the Security tab of Tools | Options. The reason it's on the
Security tab is that it is a security measure to prevent you from
inadvertently sending documents with tracked changes in them.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"booch" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:14738C79-A609-4F72-A592-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Whenever I open a word doc I get the "Final Showing Markup" view instead
of
> the Final view I prefer. Is there a way to change this so it defauts to
the
> view I want?

>clear the appropriate
> check box on the Security tab of Tools | Options.

Is that the box marked "Make hidden markup visible when opening or saving"?
I unchecked it, but I still see the Markup when I open the doc.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> You *can* do this, but it is strongly discouraged: clear the appropriate
> check box on the Security tab of Tools | Options. The reason it's on the
> Security tab is that it is a security measure to prevent you from
> inadvertently sending documents with tracked changes in them.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
> all may benefit.
>
> "booch" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:14738C79-A609-4F72-A592-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Whenever I open a word doc I get the "Final Showing Markup" view instead
> of
> > the Final view I prefer. Is there a way to change this so it defauts to
> the
> > view I want?
>
>

You're not the first person to report this, and I'm not sure what the cause
might be unless there is a macro involved.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"booch" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:5ED6E6D0-EE79-4ADF-A6ED-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >clear the appropriate
> > check box on the Security tab of Tools | Options.
>
> Is that the box marked "Make hidden markup visible when opening or
saving"?
> I unchecked it, but I still see the Markup when I open the doc.
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
> > You *can* do this, but it is strongly discouraged: clear the appropriate
> > check box on the Security tab of Tools | Options. The reason it's on the
> > Security tab is that it is a security measure to prevent you from
> > inadvertently sending documents with tracked changes in them.
> >
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
> > all may benefit.
> >
> > "booch" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:14738C79-A609-4F72-A592-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Whenever I open a word doc I get the "Final Showing Markup" view
instead
> > of
> > > the Final view I prefer. Is there a way to change this so it defauts
to
> > the
> > > view I want?
> >
> >