Unless the regulator also has Word 2002, she should be able to set the
colors to suit herself without using the macro. If she requested the macro
and installed it herself, then that's okay. If, after installing and running
the macro, she's still not seeing the desired colors in your document, then
there's something else going on. Either the file is losing something in
transmission (in which case you might try zipping it before sending), or she
hasn't followed instructions correctly. Instead of sending her the macro
yourself, you might have referred her to Greg's page and let her download it
herself (and perhaps that's what you did do). At this point, though, I think
you have made a good-faith effort, and if the regulator can't get the
desired effects, the problem is entirely on her machine.
This is what you have to get across to her. You might refer her to Shauna
Kelly's article at
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/trac...ngesWorks.html.
Emphasize to her that the way markup is displayed on her computer is
entirely the result of her own settings, not anything that you put into the
document. Also, it makes a big difference whether you set specific colors
for *all* additions and deletions or choose "By Author," which will result
in different colors for each reviewer.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Sharon" wrote in message
...
Dan, what I am saying is that the regulator asked me for the macro and I
emailed it to her. I would not never mess with anyone's settings. But I
had
two questions...One, I was asking why are macros dangerous (this is my
first
time to use a macro) and two, the end of the macro given to me has the
color
as violet.I found out yesterday when I email to my regulator she sees my
changes in violet and I wanted to know if I could change that to red and
blue. --
slb
"Dan Freeman" wrote:
Not just because macros can cause problems.
It is decidedly uncool to mess with someone else's settings without
their
permission. They may have chosen specific colors, to name one of a few
thousand things, to suit their working style or to compensate for a
physical
handicap. I once had a job where I had two direct bosses. Each was color
blind, in different ways. It was a nightmare finding color combinations
that
both could see.
No software should fiddle with a user's personal settings.
Dan
Sharon wrote:
Suzanne, I shared the macro with my regulator, so she should be able
to use it as I did and see the red and blue. Is this correct, that
she will now see the same thing in red and blue as I do? And you said
something that made me curious..."actually allows the macro to run
(which is unlikely), he may not thank you for it!" What do you mean
by that? I really don't understand that much about macros, I do Know
if they are not from a reliable source that they can cause you
problems, right?
The appearance of tracked changes on any given machine is dependent
on the settings on that machine. There is no way you can change the
settings on the recipient's machine short of an AutoOpen macro in
your document, and, if the recipient actually allows the macro to
run (which is unlikely), he may not thank you for it!
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Sharon" wrote in message
...
I used this macro, great! There is only one problem...when I email
a copy of the tracked document to someone it shows all deletions
and additions in violet, not additions underlined in blue and
deletions struckthrough in red. How do I change the macro to email
in the red and blue instead of violet. I am also running Word 2002.
Thanks for any help you can give me. --
slb
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
As Lene has told you, these options are available in Word 2003 but
not in Word 2002. When the new UI for Track Changes was introduced
in Word 2002, some of it wasn't as carefully thought out as it
should have been, and its errors and omissions were corrected in
Word 2003. It is possible to change its behavior through Registry
edits, however; for a macro to do this, see
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Put_Track_...k_On_Track.htm.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Jo" wrote in message
...
Thanks. What I'm wanting though is to use two different colours
- one for insertions and one for deletions. Do you know if this
is possible, or is there only the one-colour option for both?
"Jo" wrote:
I'm using Word 2002. Is it possible to track insertions by
underlining in red, and deletions by strikethrough in blue?
Thanks.