I need to be able to hide track changes so when someone else opens the document, they can see the final copy with the changes already incorporated. In Word 2010 I would normally select 'no markup' or go to 'show markup' and deselect all of the viewing
options, but when I do this in Word 2013 and then save the document like this, all of the viewing options have been reset when I open it again and all of the track changes appear on the page. I don't want to accept all of the changes. I need the person viewing
the document to have the option of looking at the them; I just don't want the document delivered with all the changes visible. Is there a way to hide track changes so they won't appear again until someone actually goes into the options and selects 'simple
markup' or 'all markup'?
The reason the document reopens with all markup showing is a setting in the options. At File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Privacy Options, the box for "Make hidden markup visible when opening or saving" is checked by default. (This
was exactly the same in Word 2010, so at some point you must have unchecked it there.)
Despite the "Document-specific settings" heading under which that option appears, the option is really specific to your Word installation. If the recipient's computer has the option checked, they will see all the markup regardless of what you set. I believe
that's reasonable -- if they keep the option turned on, they expect to see markups and not have them hidden.
