Changing the default to "no markup"

A document will open in the mode in which it was saved.

However, if you had an AutoOpen macro in an Add-in that contained the following code, it should turn off the tracking of Revisions and display of Revisions

With ActiveDocument
    If .ProtectionType = wdAllowOnlyRevisions Then
        .Unprotect
    End If
    .TrackRevisions = False
    .ShowRevisions = False
End With

It would not work however if the document was protected for Tracked Changes with a password applied unless you also supplied the password by replacing the line

         .Unprotect

with

         .Unprotect password

where in place of password, you supply the actual password.

I have a Word 2013 document that I've saved with No Markup and Original being selected but it keeps re-opening showing Simple Markup.  The markup consists only of comments I've added.  I also tried unchecking Comments under Show Markup and saved the document but when I re-opened it Simple Markup and the comments were shown again.

The display options on the Review tab are usually not saved with a document. Switching between "All Markup" and "Simple Markup" seems to be a global setting for some users, that is, it applies to all documents, though.

In theory, (some of) the options at Review tab | Show Markup can be saved with the document if you clear "Make hidden markup visible when opening or saving" at File | Options | Trust Center | Trust Center Settings | Privacy Options. But note that the "Make hidden markup visible..." option itself applies to your computer and your Word installation, only. You can't control what other people see if you send them the file.

Can the default in Word 2013 be changed so that documents open to "no markup" instead of "all markup" or "simple markup"? Thanks.

Thanks very much Doug!

This really helped.

I'm assuming that

 .TrackRevisions = False

is the part that turns off track changes; since that is something that others in my office use, so I just commented it out, and it works great!

It really is a bit of a shame that there's no global Word variable for this, in Options or something like 'override document markup state' or similar.

Also, to clear up confusion in some later posts, a document with 'track changes' turned on will always default to 'show markup' upon opening, even if it was saved with 'no markup' being used.