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Word XP Track Changes
I am assisting a customer using Word XP on a Windows XP
system. Customer would like to have track changes look the same as it does in Word 2000 with the colored lettering for changes and strikethroughs for deletions. I am successful in getting this to work partially on my system getting added text to show a diferent color. On her system I cannot change the color of the added text to the document. I have tried the obvious stuff, renamed the normal.dot and renamed the settings file in the registry. Neither of these seemed to help. We also have a security override settings for macros in our corporation keeping macro settings from being set below medium, I deleted this key and I am still having issues. Would anyone happen to know if there is another key/setting I can check for that would cause this type of behavior? Is there any way to make track changes on Word XP view the same as on Word 2000? TIA George |
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Word XP Track Changes
They changed the Track Changes interface in Word 2002, but you can set it
via a macro. Quoting MVP Greg Maxey: _______ You will have to run a macro. The following provides a means of controlling most of the options. Here it is set up to show the margin marks only.: Sub TrackChanges() With Application.Options .RevisedLinesMark = wdRevisedLinesMarkOutsideBorder .RevisedLinesColor = wdAuto ' .DeletedTextMark = wdDeletedTextMarkStrikeThrough ' .DeletedTextColor = wdRed ' .DeletedTextMark = wdDeletedTextMarkHidden ' .InsertedTextMark = wdInsertedTextMarkItalic ' .InsertedTextColor = wdBlue ' .InsertedTextMark = wdInsertedTextMarkColorOnly ' .InsertedTextColor = wdAuto ' .RevisedPropertiesMark = wdRevisedPropertiesMarkColorOnly ' .RevisedPropertiesColor = wdAuto ' .RevisedPropertiesMark = wdRevisedPropertiesMarkColorOnly ' .RevisedPropertiesColor = wdViolet End With End Sub Remove the ' next to lines you want to activate. Put a ' next to the lines you want to deactivate. You can change color choices as well. You only need to run the macro once. _________ See these links for more information about macros: What do I do with macros sent to me by other newsgroup readers to help me out? I don't know how to install them and put them to use http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/CreateAMacro.htm Idiots Guide to Installing Macros http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm DM "George Wilson" wrote: I am assisting a customer using Word XP on a Windows XP system. Customer would like to have track changes look the same as it does in Word 2000 with the colored lettering for changes and strikethroughs for deletions. I am successful in getting this to work partially on my system getting added text to show a diferent color. On her system I cannot change the color of the added text to the document. I have tried the obvious stuff, renamed the normal.dot and renamed the settings file in the registry. Neither of these seemed to help. We also have a security override settings for macros in our corporation keeping macro settings from being set below medium, I deleted this key and I am still having issues. Would anyone happen to know if there is another key/setting I can check for that would cause this type of behavior? Is there any way to make track changes on Word XP view the same as on Word 2000? TIA George |
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Word XP Track Changes
Is track changes turned on? Any changes done before track changes is
turned on will not show up in color. In the Reviewing toolbar in Word XP, you can choose among four "views" (Original, Original Showing Markup, Final, and Final Showing Markup). Your customer's system is probably in Original or Final view, neither of which will show changes in color. Switch to one of the Showing Markup views (I prefer Final Showing Markup) to see added text in color. Turn off balloons (Tools - Options - Track Changes - uncheck "Use balloons in Print and Web Layout") to see deletions in strikeout instead of in balloons in the margin. You can change the color of changed text from this menu too. You could choose different colors for inserted text and deleted text in Word 97, but as far as I know, Word XP makes you choose one color for both inserted and deleted (but you can choose different colors for different authors). Hope this helps. garfield-n-odie On Mon 17 May 2004 at 11:04:54 -0700 George Wilson wrote: I am assisting a customer using Word XP on a Windows XP system. Customer would like to have track changes look the same as it does in Word 2000 with the colored lettering for changes and strikethroughs for deletions. I am successful in getting this to work partially on my system getting added text to show a diferent color. On her system I cannot change the color of the added text to the document. I have tried the obvious stuff, renamed the normal.dot and renamed the settings file in the registry. Neither of these seemed to help. We also have a security override settings for macros in our corporation keeping macro settings from being set below medium, I deleted this key and I am still having issues. Would anyone happen to know if there is another key/setting I can check for that would cause this type of behavior? Is there any way to make track changes on Word XP view the same as on Word 2000? TIA George |
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