Why does my text turn red and underlined?

[GAPROF55]

In the middle of many Word documents, suddenly my text is red and underlined
and there are formatting messages to the right. These messages are not
invisible but print out with the document, which is not what I want. I am
unable to make this start once it begins happening. If you can, please tell
me how to disable this feature. Thanks!

 

[Stefan Blom]

It seems as if you have inadvertently enabled the Track Changes feature.
Turn it off and accept all changes made. See
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/trackchanges/HowTrackChangesWorks.html. If
you are using Word 2007, the corresponding commands are on the Review tab of
the ribbon.

 

[Jay Freedman]

You're turning on Track Changes, probably by pressing the shortcut
Ctrl+Shift+E unintentionally. Read
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/trackchanges/HowTrackChangesWorks.html.

If the shortcut is too easy for you to press by accident, you can disable
it. Go to Tools > Customize > Keyboard (or in Word 2007, Office button >
Word Options > Customize > Keyboard). In the left-hand list, click on All
Commands. Then in the right-hand list click on ToolsRevisionMarksToggle.
When the shortcut Ctrl+Shift+E appears in the Current Keys box, click on it
and click the Remove button. The Track Changes function will still be
available from the Tools menu (or the Review ribbon in Word 2007) if you
need to use it.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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