Compare docs wont stop comparing

I'm using Word 2000. I recently compared documents and found a few
edits. It was handy. Unfortunately, when I closed the "good"
document, and opened it up again, the red lines in the margins were
still there! I can't get rid of them!

Now, if I'm goiing to used this document, after having compared and
confirmed that the edits are proper, I've got to turn the dang
red-margin lines OFF.

How do you suppose someone could do that?

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