Change tracking markup visible by default in Word 2007

By default in Word 2007 documents that use change tracking have the markup shown when the document is opened. While it can be useful to see what changes have been made to a document when editing a document, I find it a useless distraction when trying to read a document. So for anyone who is interested here is how to change that default.

• Click the Office button in the upper left hand corner of Word 2007
• In the dialog that is opened choose 'Word Options' in the bottom right corner left of 'Exit Word'
  

• In the left hand column of the dialog that opens choose 'Trust Center'
• On the right side of the dialog, near the middle click 'Trust Center Settings...'
  

• In the left hand column choose 'Privacy Options'
• Near the middle on the right Uncheck "Make hidden markup visible when opening or saving"
  

• Click OK and OK and Word will no longer show Markup by default.

Note: Some documents are set to 'Final Showing Markup' individually. These will have to be switched then saved and they too will no longer default to Final Showing Markup

Internet Explorer 7

I am a commited Firefox user, but sometimes, especially at work, I have to use Internet Explorer. In using IE 7 I have discovered a couple of issues that I thought I would relate.

The IE 7 run once issue:
When IE 7 is first launched it brings up a configuration page that allows the user to change the "search provider" and activate the phishing filter.

The problem occurs when the settings fail to save and so this page is displayed every time IE7 is launched instead of the home page. To work around this issue you can add the following entries to your registry

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"RunOnceHasShown"=dword:00000001
"RunOnceComplete"=dword:00000001

Or use this file: DisableRunOnceIE7.reg

The IE 7 unable to add new Search Providers issue:
In the upper right hand corner of IE 7 there is a search field that uses Microsoft's Live Search [link]. This field can point to a number of different search providers but sometimes IE 7 fails when trying to select another provider, instead, various script error may occur. This can be caused if shdocvw.dll is registered after IE 7 is installed. To work around this issue you can add the following entry to your registry.

[HKCR\TypeLib\{EAB22AC0-30C1-11CF-A7EB-0000C05BAE0B}\1.1\0\win32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\ieframe.dll"

Or use this file: RegisterIeframe.reg

To roll back the change use this file: Registershdocvw.reg
(If your Windows folder is not named Windows you will need to edit the files to reflect the correct location before you use them)