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Default Turn off Track Changes

On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:07:20 -0700, Three Lefts
wrote:

I have a macro assigned to Ctrl-Shift-R. Sometimes I miss and hit
Ctrl-Shift-E, which turns on the Track Changes feature. I can never
figure out how to turn it off.

I am running Office 2007, but this document is in compatibility mode.

I tried the obvious solutions:

1. Ctrl-Z (undo). No joy.

2. Ctrl-Shift-E hoping it might be a toggle. No joy.

3. I went to the Review ribbon and clicked on the Track Changes button
and unchecked everything. No joy. This does stop it from highlighting
further changes, but it does not remove the highlighting that is
already there.

How do I reverse the effect of hitting Ctrl-Shift-E?

Is there a way that I can either (a) completely disable tracking
forever or (b) kill that keyboard shortcut?


After doing some more research, I have come up with this solution. I
would be interested to know if anyone has a better solution.

1. Ctrl-Shift-E *is* a toggle. That is, it turns tracking on and off,
but it does not "accept" the changes that were made while it was
toggled on.

2. I assigned the AcceptAllChangesInDoc command to the keyboard
shortcut Ctrl-Alt-Shift-E. It was previously unassigned.

Now, if I accidentally hit Ctrl-Shift-E and get some tracking marks, I
can get rid of them with the 2-step procedure above.

The other option is to UNassign C-S-E so that it can't happen in the
first place.

To manage keyboard shortcuts,

1. Office button (Alt-F).

2. Word options (bottom of panel or "i").

3. Customize ("c").

4. Keyboard shortcuts (Alt-t).

5. Locate the command you want. The AcceptSAllChangesInDoc and
ToolsRevisionMarksToggle commands are in the Review category.

6. Click in the "Press new shortcut key:" field.

7. Type the shortcut key you want. If it is already assigned to
something, it will be displayed in the "Current keys:" field.

8. Click the Assign button (Alt-a).

To remove a keyboard shortcut assignment, locate the command as above,
then click in the Current Keys: field, then trhe Remove button.