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How do I set up Track Changes so that it doesn't flag deletions?
I'm running Word 2002 SP-2. I the previous version of Word that I ran, you
were able to specify in Track Changes that you didn't want deletions to be marked. I'm editing a document now, and all I want to do is show a line down the outside of the page for changes, but all it will let me do for deletions is show them scored through or with balloons. Surely Microsoft haven't made the Track Changes feature less user friendly for Word 2002? Looks like I'll either have to do it the old fashioned way and draw the lines on with the cursor, or I'll have to bodge it by turning off Track Changes to make my deletions, turning it back on again and inserting a space, both of which will be exceedingly irritating and time consuming, and are in my opinion quite a large step backwards. Anybody know if I can highlight deletions with a line down the side of the page only? |
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How do I set up Track Changes so that it doesn't flag deletions?
On the Track Changes tab of Tools | Options, disable the balloons and
set the display of deleted text to "Hidden." -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Shane in London" wrote in message ... I'm running Word 2002 SP-2. I the previous version of Word that I ran, you were able to specify in Track Changes that you didn't want deletions to be marked. I'm editing a document now, and all I want to do is show a line down the outside of the page for changes, but all it will let me do for deletions is show them scored through or with balloons. Surely Microsoft haven't made the Track Changes feature less user friendly for Word 2002? Looks like I'll either have to do it the old fashioned way and draw the lines on with the cursor, or I'll have to bodge it by turning off Track Changes to make my deletions, turning it back on again and inserting a space, both of which will be exceedingly irritating and time consuming, and are in my opinion quite a large step backwards. Anybody know if I can highlight deletions with a line down the side of the page only? |
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How do I set up Track Changes so that it doesn't flag deletion
But that's what I'm saying - in Word 2002 there isn't an option to do so!
"Stefan Blom" wrote: On the Track Changes tab of Tools | Options, disable the balloons and set the display of deleted text to "Hidden." -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Shane in London" wrote in message ... I'm running Word 2002 SP-2. I the previous version of Word that I ran, you were able to specify in Track Changes that you didn't want deletions to be marked. I'm editing a document now, and all I want to do is show a line down the outside of the page for changes, but all it will let me do for deletions is show them scored through or with balloons. Surely Microsoft haven't made the Track Changes feature less user friendly for Word 2002? Looks like I'll either have to do it the old fashioned way and draw the lines on with the cursor, or I'll have to bodge it by turning off Track Changes to make my deletions, turning it back on again and inserting a space, both of which will be exceedingly irritating and time consuming, and are in my opinion quite a large step backwards. Anybody know if I can highlight deletions with a line down the side of the page only? |
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How do I set up Track Changes so that it doesn't flag deletion
I'm sorry. You are right; the introduction of the balloons added some
features to track changes, but removed others--including the choice to hide deletions. :-( See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/C...ngWord2002.htm -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Shane in London" wrote in message ... But that's what I'm saying - in Word 2002 there isn't an option to do so! "Stefan Blom" wrote: On the Track Changes tab of Tools | Options, disable the balloons and set the display of deleted text to "Hidden." -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Shane in London" wrote in message ... I'm running Word 2002 SP-2. I the previous version of Word that I ran, you were able to specify in Track Changes that you didn't want deletions to be marked. I'm editing a document now, and all I want to do is show a line down the outside of the page for changes, but all it will let me do for deletions is show them scored through or with balloons. Surely Microsoft haven't made the Track Changes feature less user friendly for Word 2002? Looks like I'll either have to do it the old fashioned way and draw the lines on with the cursor, or I'll have to bodge it by turning off Track Changes to make my deletions, turning it back on again and inserting a space, both of which will be exceedingly irritating and time consuming, and are in my opinion quite a large step backwards. Anybody know if I can highlight deletions with a line down the side of the page only? |
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How do I set up Track Changes so that it doesn't flag deletion
Thanks for the link - I guess I'm a "dismayed veteran user", according to
that site! Hopefully when they get round to upgrading us to a newer version of Word, I'll find that they've put this particularly quirk "back the way it was"; in the meantime, I guess I'm resigned to marking my changes the old fashioned way. It all begs the question: Who, exactly, thought that the removal of a perfectly good feature was a good idea? "Stefan Blom" wrote: I'm sorry. You are right; the introduction of the balloons added some features to track changes, but removed others--including the choice to hide deletions. :-( See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/C...ngWord2002.htm -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Shane in London" wrote in message ... But that's what I'm saying - in Word 2002 there isn't an option to do so! "Stefan Blom" wrote: On the Track Changes tab of Tools | Options, disable the balloons and set the display of deleted text to "Hidden." -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Shane in London" wrote in message ... I'm running Word 2002 SP-2. I the previous version of Word that I ran, you were able to specify in Track Changes that you didn't want deletions to be marked. I'm editing a document now, and all I want to do is show a line down the outside of the page for changes, but all it will let me do for deletions is show them scored through or with balloons. Surely Microsoft haven't made the Track Changes feature less user friendly for Word 2002? Looks like I'll either have to do it the old fashioned way and draw the lines on with the cursor, or I'll have to bodge it by turning off Track Changes to make my deletions, turning it back on again and inserting a space, both of which will be exceedingly irritating and time consuming, and are in my opinion quite a large step backwards. Anybody know if I can highlight deletions with a line down the side of the page only? |
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How do I set up Track Changes so that it doesn't flag deletion
Hi ?B?U2hhbmUgaW4gTG9uZG9u?=,
Hopefully when they get round to upgrading us to a newer version of Word, I'll find that they've put this particularly quirk "back the way it was"; in the meantime, I guess I'm resigned to marking my changes the old fashioned way. Oh, it's back in the later versions :-) It all begs the question: Who, exactly, thought that the removal of a perfectly good feature was a good idea? Probably some "expert" who thought he knew all about how everyone in the world uses track changes. I always shake my head at the "new improved" mail merge interface they spent so many resources on for Word 2002. A *modal* dialog box for selecting fields? C'mon... WordPerfect wins the day, again! Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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