Turn of Track Changes

[Michelle Walker]

Is there a way to make sure the recipient of a document cannot see the
changes that have been made to the document? So they can see only the final
version?

M.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Is there a way to make sure the recipient of a document cannot see the
changes that have been made to the document? So they can see only
the final version?

M.

The _only_ way is to accept or reject all changes and/or comments in the
document (click the down arrow of the Accept or Reject button in the
reviewing toolbar and choose the All option, or go through them one at a
time). If you want to keep the tracking for your own use, then use Save As
to save the cleaned copy as a separate file with a different name. Send out
only the cleaned copy.

In Word 2007 you can use the Document Inspector (on the Office button >
Prepare menu). It will find the tracked changes (along with any other
personal items you might want to remove) and offer to remove them.

Also read
http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/odc_wd2003_ta/html/odc_WDProtectWord2003.asp.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The only way to ensure this is to accept all the changes (and delete all the
comments) before sending the document. See
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/trackchanges/HowTrackChangesWorks.html