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Default How do I change the color by author colors for reviewing?

Susan,

It seems that you don't understand the problem statement. My colors are set
"by author" yet both authors show up in the same color. Somehow the author
tracking gets corrupted. I haven't figured out how because it doesn't always
happen to me and I've had many documents where this never happened and others
where it has.

Dawn apparently has the same problem because her solution is mostly
successful -but not completely. I say mostly because it strips out the first
author's name and makes it a generic "Author. Subsequent author show up in
different colors and this info can be saved if the box is re-checked. I
haven't yet followed this through to adding a third author.

Option 2 - I sent the "problem" file to someone else and he had mulitple
author colors. He added comments and sent back to me. He showed up in a
second color but my comments were still in the first color (3 authors, two
colors). I then went to Options - User and change my "name." My edits are
now in a third color.

stuart


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Change your color setting to "By Author." You won't necessarily see the same
colors the other editors saw when they were working on the document, but
each editor will be assigned a different color.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"NJC" wrote in message
...
This is unchecked on my PC and I continue to have a problem seeing the
color
that other editors used on a document. Everything appears in my default
colors. Are there are any other suggestions on ways to fix this problem?

"Dawn" wrote:

I know this a year later response. However, I have been having this issue
for
about two months now. FINALLY, after having a few other Admins working on
this with me, we found a solution.

In Word go to Tools.Options.Security. Uncheck the box that says "Remove
personal information from file properties on save." I hope this helps you
as
it did me.

"Martin Kemp" wrote:

I have a document that I am reviewing in Word 2002 with Track Changes
on.
However the changes of another reviewer are coming up in the same color
as my
changes. I have Color: By Author on in the Options but want to know how
I can
change an Author's color.

Thanks