Vertical bar on left side of page and unusual formatting, how to clear?

[David DeRolph]

I don't know how this got started. Obviously, I hit some keys that caused
it but I have not seen this before and can't figure out how to clear it.

On the left side a my Word document, a vertical line has appeared near the
bottom and on the left side. And, when I type additional text there now, it
is underlined and is an orange/brown color. And, I discovered that, if I
move my cursor to another part of the document, above where this got
started, the vertical bar appears if a type any changes to that part of the
document and that new text is also in the colored and underlined font.

What is this, and how do I get rid of it?

 

[Jay Freedman]

You've turned on the Track Changes feature, which marks all the changes you
make in a document. (Probably you pressed Ctrl+Shift+E while trying to do
something else.) Look at the status bar at the bottom of the window -- if
the letters TRK are black instead of gray, that's what it is.

To turn it off, press Ctrl+Shift+E again (or double-click the TRK in the
status bar).

Although that will stop more changes from being marked, the ones you already
have won't go away automatically. You need to display the Reviewing toolbar
(from View > Toolbars), click the down arrow next to the Accept Change
button, and select Accept All Changes In Doument.

More explanation is at
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/trackchanges/HowTrackChangesWorks.html.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[David DeRolph]

That was it. Thank you.

You've turned on the Track Changes feature, which marks all the changes you
make in a document. (Probably you pressed Ctrl+Shift+E while trying to do
something else.) Look at the status bar at the bottom of the window -- if
the letters TRK are black instead of gray, that's what it is.

To turn it off, press Ctrl+Shift+E again (or double-click the TRK in the
status bar).

Although that will stop more changes from being marked, the ones you already
have won't go away automatically. You need to display the Reviewing toolbar
(from View > Toolbars), click the down arrow next to the Accept Change
button, and select Accept All Changes In Doument.

More explanation is at
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/trackchanges/HowTrackChangesWorks.html.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.