How do hide tracking changes from various users in Word 2007

[Jugglertwo]

I would like to hide the tracking changes in Word 2007 as a document is
passed from user to user.
Presently, every time a user opens the file that I have sent them, the file
opens showing all the tracking changes. I would like it to Open and not show
the tracking changes and just have the user do their changes. the users are
getting confused by all the markups.
I have tried the procedures mentioned which are:
1) Trust Center - Privacy Options
2) remove check for "Make hidden markup visible when opening or saving"
Is the procedure that I listed supposed to work?
What will work?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Jugglertwo

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

You can't control the settings on other people's copies of Word.

But you could send out Word files that don't have anyone else's
tracked changes/comments in them, and when you get back each one,
combine them (Review tab > Compare > Combine, repeat as necessary).

 

[Greg Maxey]

Mr. Daniels,

You can't control the settings on other people's copies of Word.

Yes you can. If other people are willing to let your macros (hammers and
nails as you call them) run you can manipulate their settings however you
like.

Sub AutoOpen()
With ThisDocument
.TrackRevisions = True
.ShowRevisions = False
End With
End Sub

I would not suggest doing this in this case or ever doing it without
advising the user of the actions. You should also take steps to ensure the
users original settings are restored.

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

You can't control other people's "will."

Mr. Daniels,


Yes you can.  If other people are willing to let your macros (hammers and
nails as you call them) run you can manipulate their settings however you
like.

Sub AutoOpen()
With ThisDocument
  .TrackRevisions = True
  .ShowRevisions = False
End With
End Sub

I would not suggest doing this in this case or ever doing it without
advising the user of the actions.  You should also take steps to ensurethe
users original settings are restored.

 

[Greg Maxey]

You can'tcontrol other people's "will."






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Mr. Daniels,

You decide what you can't do. Let the rest of us determine for
ourselves what we can and can't do. Fair enough?

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

If you think you can engage in Mind Control, you're even more
delusional than usual.

And you might also apply yourself to learning the convention that in
this newsgroup, top-posting is the norm.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I don't see where Greg ever suggested engaging in Mind Control. He wrote,
"If other people are willing to let your macros...run you can manipulate
their settings however you like." This is absolutely true even though it is
a big IF. And I imagine he is bottom-posting so that only the curious (you)
will bother to read his answers, and the rest of us who are trying to help
users here (not to mention the users who are trying to get help) will not be
distracted by your childish feud. Or it could just be that his newsreader
bottom-posts by default; he is not the only one routinely bottom-posting
here.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

If you think you can engage in Mind Control, you're even more
delusional than usual.

And you might also apply yourself to learning the convention that in
this newsgroup, top-posting is the norm.

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

I said "You can't control the settings on other people's computers."
He said "Yes you can."

If they don't want to run your macros on their computers, the only way
you could force them to is by exerting Mind Control.

Please continue to observe who starts the fights. If he had a better
suggestion for Jugglertwo, he could have replied to Jugglertwo's
message, but instead of offering any such suggestion, he chose to
start a fight.

 

[Greg Maxey]

I said "You can't control the settings on other people's computers."
He said "Yes you can."

If they don't want to run your macros on their computers, the only way
you could force them to is by exerting Mind Control.

Please continue to observe who starts the fights. If he had a better
suggestion for Jugglertwo, he could have replied to Jugglertwo's
message, but instead of offering any such suggestion, he chose to
start a fight.

Mr. Daniels,



Held off about 24 hours to ensure you were quite finished sputtering and
spanking yourself.



What he said, she said, you said is right in front of anyone who cares to
read it. What is it that has set your hair on fire and has you babbling and
barking at the moon about mind control anyway?



Could it be that once again you have demonstrated that you don't know as
much about Word as you think you do and lacking the humility to accept this
shortcoming you foam at the mouth and whine about being picked on?



Your statement, "You can't control the settings on other people's copies of
Word." is just another one of your uninformed opinions that is not supported
by facts.



For a man of languages and letters you certainly struggle with the pairing
of the two common English letters "i' and "f" and the meaning that they
convey when paired to form "if." It is really a simple concept. For
example:



IF "other people are willing" THEN "you can control the settings on their
copy of Word."


Simple isn't it?



Other than to mention that I don't promote hiding revisions while a document
is being passed through multiple users, I don't have a suggestion, better or
otherwise, for Jugglertwo. My post was not directed at Jugglertwo. When I
don't have a suggestion or correct answer I have the sense to leave the
question to those who do. That is a habit that you might consider adopting.
My post was directed at you. If you continue to post your uninformed
opinions as statements of fact then don't whimper when your statements are
challenged.



While we are making observations, observe that what you call "picking a
fight" is actually the unfortunate consequence of your own behavior and a
fight of your own making. Your very own unprovoked, arrogant and offensive
comments about MVP courtesy requirements posted here in this newsgroup were
born of your own free will weren't they? Or perhaps you were being
subjected of mind control on that day.



Cheers