In my previous post, I have encounters a problem in Microsoft Word 2013 where the markup area (a huge blank space on the right hand side which is colored in light silver / gray color) keep on pop-up whenever I tries to print my word document or I save my document to PDF format. Instead hiding it every time whenever I tries to print the document, I have found a way to completely remove it.
How Does This Happen
First, how does this happen? It is probably you or some one had added a comment in your word document but you didn’t realize about it. User can add comment on document by simply right click and select New Comment. Since it is pretty simple, you might accidentally click on it without realize it.
Solution to Remove The Markup Area
Step 1: Open the word document which have this kind of problem. Goto Review tab on top.
Step 2: Make sure the All Markup is selected in the Tracking menu. Now, click the Next button in the Changes menu.
Step 3: Now the word should show your the comment which you or some one added in the document.
Step 4: Right-click on the comment and select Delete Comment in order to delete the comment.
Step 5: Repeat Step 2 to Step 4 until all comments are deleted.
Step 6: Remember to save your word document. By default, the markup area will be hidden when you open it the next time.
Hope this small tips can help you get rip of the trouble whenever you print your word documents, especially those documents which require a lot of editing like research thesis.
By Ooi Keng Siang via Ooiks’s Blog
Thank you!
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Thank you it was helpful
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SUPER HELPFUL! Thank you
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It was also driving me batty. I went to the review tab and clicked ‘show comment’ and the markup area went away. Along with the others i thank you.
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Thanks, that was really annoying.
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Thank you, for the clear concise instructions. It solved the problem!
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Thank you very much!
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Glad I found how to remove the sidebar, I am trying to figure it out for half an hour. MS Word is super difficult than Adobe Photoshop.
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Helped a lot!
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Good morning,
I have a user making track changes in Office 2013 word document in compatibility mode from an Office 2007 documents,
The track bar is too far from the document.
Your assistance I greatly appreciated.
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instead of ‘All Markup’, choose ‘Original*.. and that’s it! 😉
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Cheers big time for that > It worked a treat. Its been bugging me for weeks.
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Thank you. It works for me.
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Thanks!!
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Thank you. This is useful.
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thank u very much for sharing.
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Brilliant – thanks so much!!!
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There is also command “delete all comments” available.
To delete all comments at once, click the arrow by Delete Comment > Delete All Comments in Document.
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Remove-tracked-changes-and-comments-1d732141-d3ef-4210-8371-dc7d5b9dacc7
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Thank very much, so much helpful.
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Good work 😉
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haha, i feel so stupid after reading this… Thanks Sir for sharing this info…
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Thanks for help….
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i had the same problem and when i searched the internet for solution i got your site. affter foloowing your instructioin step wise, i got rid of the problem. thank you dear. Ananth
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spot on, thank you.! 🙂
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thank that help me and save my time
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very nice tips, my problems solved, thanks
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Thanks so much!
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Thanks!
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Thank you! I hate this version of word, but my old one won’t work anymore.
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thanks
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This didn’t work for me. The annoying side bar is still there. I can’t save or print the document without this white space appearing on the right side.
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Thank you very much 🙂 , it had been troubling me for a while. I’m glad I was able to find this.
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thanks buddy
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Thank you so much. Very helpful. 🙂
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Well, I hate surprise control over my work without my knowledge. It showed that I pushed button accidently and un noticed. It took me time to search how to remove but it showed me what is “Makeup area” it lead me to find the instruction to show me to remove. It saved me time and frustration! Thanks a lot!
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