Word 2003 - MARKUP

[Crispy]

Is there any way that I can prevent a document fromOPENING up in MARKUP
view?

Thanks

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Yes, but there's a reason the option is on the Security tab of Tools |
Options. Disabling it is a Bad Idea.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[David]

Do you want to tell WHY it is a bad idea?

Thanks for the help though......Most useful

 

[Jay Freedman]

People have gotten into trouble -- legal, political, or otherwise -- because
they emailed documents that contained secret or libelous text that they
didn't realize was still there. Some of that was in so-called metadata, and
some was in markup that happened to be hidden. (For background, see
http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/odc_wd2003_ta/html/odc_WDProtectWord2003.asp
and http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=834427.)

To try to make you aware of what's in the document before you "publish" it,
Microsoft added the feature that automatically displays markup when you open
or save. If you choose not to take advantage of that reminder, you can shut
it off -- but then don't complain if your boss receives your letter that
still contains the deleted phrase "Dear Pointy-Haired Boss, take this job
and..." ;-)

 

[David]

Many thanks for that - Most interesting.

Regards