I was looking for this exact answer and garfield-n-odie was the best. Thanks "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: > If you have Word 2002 or 2003, then I suspect that you only changed to > Final view on the Reviewing toolbar, which hides the tracked changes, > but does not remove them. You need click on the "Accept All Tracked > Changes" and "Delete All Comments" commands on the Reviewing toolbar. > See http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010983881033.aspx and > http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/trackchanges/HowTrackChangesWorks.html > for more information. > > Richard wrote: > > > When I write a document and then send it to others for comment I turn on > > track changes. I can the accept or delete the changes but how do I then get > > rid of all the alteration markups before I send off the final document. When > > I send the document the recipient can still see the changes. > > Thanks in advance > >