The relevant option is on the Security tab of Tools | Options, which should
give you a clue why we don't recommend disabling it. This is designed to
prevent you the embarrassment (or worse) of sending out a document with
unaccepted tracked changes in it.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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> How do I stop Markup from showing every time a document is opened? Using
> Windows XP, Office XP.
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> Thanks
> Carol