Getting rid of track changes view in new document

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When I open a document, the document view which always appears has a gray
column on the right side of the page. In order to get rid of this view, I
must go to "REVIEW" click on "Final" and then click on "Final." Is there a
way to set my Word program to always open my documents in the Final view? I
do not want the gray column to appear. Thanks!
 
Does the document actually contain tracked changes? If so, then this is a
safety/privacy protection feature that can't be turned off in the most
recent versions of Word. Reason: many users were editing and sending out
files that they did not know contained tracked changes (and some of the
hidden comments/deletions were downright embarrassing). As a result of many
many complaints, Word was modified so that it always shows the tracked
changes when a document is opened, regardless of whether they were displayed
when the document was last closed.
 
This just happened to me too unexpectedly and it also printed that way.
Thanks for the answer on this--saves me some research.

Arlene
 

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