Cannot activate "Track Changes" on Word 2004 for Mac

I cannot activate "Track Changes" on a Word ".doc" document using Word 2004 version 11.3.4 on Mac OS X 10.4.9 (Mac mini Intel). The problem arises only with a document that I have received from a PC-Windows user. No problem for the documents that I create on my Mac.

Problem description:

If I open the ".doc" file and to go "Tools/Track changes/Highlight changes", I see all the three option unchecked:

- Track changes while editing
- Highlight changes on screen
- Highlight changes in printed documents

Note: on the documents that I create on my Mac, I see unchecked only the first one, and then I can check it and changes are tracked with a different color.

On that particular ".doc" file from the PC-Windows user, none of such three options were selected. I can check them all, but when I close and open again such "Highlight Changes" window, only the first option remains checked.

In fact, if I type something, it is not typed in red as it should be. So, the track changes does not work.

Note: this document was originally created by a PC-Windows user, I received it, activated tracked changes OK, edited it (my editing showed in red), sent it back to the PC-Windows user who, after accepting the changes, sent the ".doc" file to me again. But now I cannot activate the track changes feature.

Any help most welcome. Thanks.

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