Track changes in Ms word 2007

Hi

 Need to permanently remove 'track changes' from a document (word 07)

I did following steps
1. Click the Office button.
2. Point to Prepare and select Inspect Document.
3. Word will display the Inspect Document dialog box.
4. Check the first option: Comments, Revisions, Versions and Annotation.
5. Check any other options you want Word to inspect.
6. Click the Inspect button. (Word will prompt you to save the document if there are unsaved changes.)
7. Word will display the inspection results.
8. If any comments or revisions are discovered, you can permanently remove them by clicking the Remove All button in the Document Inspector dialog.

 goes to turn the feature off, saves the document and finds that 'track changes's is re-enabled!
# obtained a copy of the document.... explored... replicated issue. Looked in the menus and explored... (looked in doc properties), and entire track changes menu, etc. came up dry
# googled -- found: http://www.ptraining.com/blog/2010/10/permanently-remove-track-changes-from-a-word-2007-document/

i've googled this issue and attempted on my end to replicate the steps and follow the solution; and it is not working for her. when she opens the document, track changes is re-enabled!
# thank you much, in advance!

Answer
Answer

Following this procedure does not turn Track Changes off; it merely removes the markup. Instead, on the Review tab, in Final Showing Markup view, click on the top of the Track Changes split button to turn it off (it will no longer be yellow). You can then also click on the bottom of the Accept split button and choose Accept All Changes in Document. If the document contains comments, the Delete split button in the Comments group will also be active; click on the bottom of it and choose Delete All Comments in Document. Then save and close the document.

You might also want to read http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/trackchanges/HowTrackChangesWorks.html.

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