With ActiveWindow.View
.ShowRevisionsAndComments = False
.RevisionsView = wdRevisionsViewFinal
End With

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>I have a template that continually opens documents in "final - show markup"
> layout.
>
> How can I force it to open in "final" layout?
Al - 10 Aug 2005 22:02 GMT
Thanks Doug. This worked. I had to qualify it and not use the with, end
with, but it does work.
> With ActiveWindow.View
> .ShowRevisionsAndComments = False
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> >
> > How can I force it to open in "final" layout?