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So I was typing along in Microsoft Word on a Mac, when all of a sudden. [robg adds: Yes, this is a simple hint on a somewhat-obvious feature. Word has two different modes used for editing text – Insert mode and Overtype mode. Insert mode is the default and more commonly used mode. In Insert mode, text you type is inserted at the insertion point. However there may be times when you want to replace text as you type. Overtype mode.

Prior Versions of Word for Mac allowed for user preferences to 'stick' between documents. I edit hundreds of documents a month, and for some reason the powers that be have decided that Word users must now perform the following functions EVERY TIME they open and begin to edit a document. There is no way to change the global preferences in Word to cover these functions 1. Track Changes --- 'Simple Markup' is default. Must change to 'All Markup' each time a new document is edited. Balloons - Who doesn't love a balloon right?

And many more like me. I must similarly tell Word each time to 'show all revisions in line.' Track Changes --- Compare Documents. Older versions 'remembered' both what document was the original that i'd be comparing a revised version to, and also where in my directory the file could be found (usually the same folder where the original doc that is to be compared is located. Now, i must go each time thru 3 or 4 clicks to get to the same place.

And again, and again, and again. I've seen prior posts that resulted in no answer just to 'tell Microsoft' about the issue.

If anyone can provide suggestions it would be appreciated. You didn't find any answers because there are none. The new preference files for 2016 are much smaller than previous versions and store much less information. The only way to change this situation is to provide feedback to Microsoft and hope they change it. Thus, I recommend that you click on the smiley-face icon in the upper right corner of the Word windows, choose Tell Us What Can Be Better and file a detailed report. You can also post feedback to Microsoft's.

Brandwares - Advanced Office template services to the graphic design industry and select corporations. John Korchok, Production Manager production@brandwares.com. David: The reason that other people have suggested 'Tell Microsoft' is because the more requests they get using the Smiley Face, the more likely they are to authorise the change. Only Smiley Face inputs are counted, and they need a large number of them to move a change from 'Maybe sometime' to 'Committed to development'.

The other alternative is to build a macro that turns these things on each time you open a document. Given that you can't build a macro in Word 2016 because the VBA Editor is broken currently, you will need access to another version of Word to make it.

Your request number 3 is not a preference, it's a feature. That's the way they made it, you can't change that. You could build a complex macro to do this, but see above under 'Word 2016 VBA is broken.' :-) Sorry to be no help at all John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer.