That annoying yellow box

Is there a way to get rid of the yellow box that hovers over the text when you're editing it? I'd like to never has to see the ** thing again.
This one:

I think I've figured it out, and your mention of the carats is what triggered the thought. In the document I'm working on I'm using track changes, and I had to change the first line indent for every paragraph in the document. Most changes in track changes are marked by the carat for deletions and the color blue for inserted text.
When you change the format of a paragraph, however, it can't be indicated by a simple carat because you've altered an entire paragraph, so that annoying box pops up when you hover over a paragraph (and anywhere in that paragraph) whose style has been changed.
If I accept the change on a paragraph, the box stops appearing when I hover over that paragraph. So, it's a 'feature' that gets in the way of actually working on the document.
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