Can't delete formatting balloons

Copper Contributor

 

Hi,

 

I have not encountered this issue before, so I'm assuming it's to do with a recent update.

 

I've received a document that had been sent out for review. The formatting changes appear in balloons in the margins, and the comments are in floating boxes which are only activated by clicking on the comment symbol. I would like to get rid of the formatting balloons, and have the comments appear in the margins instead. 

 

No matter what I try, I can not delete the formatting balloons (I'm aware I can hide them), and I've accepted all the changes. There's not even any way to delete them individually/manually. The option for Balloons in All Markup view show: is 'comments and formatting' only - there's no way to separate them. 

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Duncan

1 Reply

@DuncanFardon If you select "Simple Markup", only the comments will appear in balloons.

 

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