The default in Word 2003 is to display "markup" (insertions, deletions,
comments) when you open a document. Apparently you had Track Changes on when
you created or edited this template, and you need to accept the changes in
order to remove the markup. On the Reviewing toolbar, click the arrow beside
Accept Change, choose Accept All Changes in Document, and then resave the
template (making sure that Track Changes is turned off).
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
"Greg" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:07F39E04-6479-4177-BA80-(E-Mail Removed)...
> When I try to open a Template that was created in Word 2000 in Word 2003 a
> lot of the text show up red and blue and some of them have a line through
> them.
>
> Is there a way to prevent this from happening when opening the document in
> Word 2003?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Greg
>