This answered my exact question -thanks. However the "delete all commands" choice appears to be greyed out - any ideas why this might be? "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 > >
Maybe because there are no comments in the document to delete? Maisie wrote: > This answered my exact question -thanks. However the "delete all commands" > choice appears to be greyed out - any ideas why this might be? > > "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 >> >>