Provide user chosen features to override microsoft chosen feature.

G

Guest

It would be greatly appreciated if it were easier to change or disable those
features that microsoft seems to think users need when they are, in fact, a
nuisance. Of prime concern is the Review feature that opens up with "Final
Showing Markup." This may be a wonderful thing for teachers and those who
spend their entire existence reviewing the work of others; it is a pain in
the butt for those whose lot is production, research, and writing without
reviewers who make use of that feature.
You could take a lesson from Adobe Acrobat who puts a box allowing the user
to check or remove the check for the feature (e.g. help) to be displayed on
startup.
One of the most echoed complaints I have heard over the last 15+ years is
about software companies that believe they know what users want and need and
fill programs with unneeded and uncontrollable features.
 
G

Guest

Have you tried Tools>Track Changes>Highlight Changes, remove all checks?

Perhaps I'm just not quite clear on exactly what you are referring to if
that doesn't do it, but other controls are readily available.

Hope this is useful |:>)
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

Documents do not usually open in this view unless (a) they contain markup or
(b) someone has sent you the document "for review." For the latter, see
“Review Toolbar Annoyance†at
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=221. For the
former, you can disable the option to "Make hidden markup visible on open or
save" on the Security tab of Tools | Options, but keep in mind that there's
a reason it's on the Security tab: it's to protect you from the
embarrassment (or even legal liability) of inadvertently sending out a
document containing comments or tracked changes.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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