Stop word from updating references when you save as pdf or print

I really mainly have problems when my inserted references look like this: [4]-[6] and I want them to look like this [4-6]. If you edit them, normally in word when you click save as PDF it changes everything back to the first format. To avoid this you can "lock the fields" and just press ctrl+f11 to lock it, and ctrl+shift+f11 to unlock it. I haven't found a way to determine in properties if something is locked or not, but if after you finish your dock, you click ctrl+a then ctrl+f11, you lock everything nicely.

"File>Options>Display and uncheck the "Update fields before printing" may do it.  Or, it may be necessary to use Ctrl+A (to select everything) and then Ctrl+F11  to Lock the fields, or Ctrl+Shift+F9 to Unlink them."

source: here

Fixing Comment Box Proofing in word files in a document originally created in another language

Ran into a problem today. The collaborators for the project we are working on are foreign so the document they sent me is defaulted to their native language. The challenge is you can simply change the proofing language Review > Language > Set Proofing Language ...  however I noticed when I added comments they still retained the original language. The quick fix for this is:

1. Show the "Styles" by clicking the Expand Box in the Styles section of the [Home] Tag ribbon
2. Click [Options]
3. Change "Selected Styles to Show:" to all styles 
4. In the style window right click on the Comments Text > Modify 
5. [Format] > Language > Select English! 

Source: Here