Word 2011 always opens with Final Showing Markup view

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EVERY SINGLE TIME I open a document created with Mac Word 2011 I get the Final Showing Markup version. I don't WANT to see all the changes. But no matter how many times I try to save the document with Tracking set to Final and/or the Show Markup categories unchecked, it still opens the next time with all the stupid changes showing in red—Tracking set to Final Showing Markup and every Show Markup category checked. (Tracking is turned OFF, so I can't even see why it's keeping that information.)

And there is no way in Preferences to set this, either. Just "how do you want the changes to look?", not "do you even want to see the @#$% stupid changes in the first place?" !!!!!!!!!!!

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You've got to Accept or Reject All changes ... that's the only way they disappear.

Keep Tracked Changes turned off and if you do need to see "what's different" between two versions of the same document, investigate the Compare Document feature.

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Anonymous

2012-01-20T18:08:33+00:00

I have been having the same problem. Accepting all changes works fine for an existing document. However, every new document I open also defaults to "Final Showing Markup" in the Review Tab.

I have tried everything to turn this off and reset it. I am convinced it is a bug or at least an undocumented feature. I am open for suggestion.
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