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Tracking in different colours
My settings in Word 2002 are set track changes by "By Author", however there
are problems. 1. I receive a document and then compare it to my initial document. 2. The changes between those documents are shown in red and I then save that revised document with the changes shown in red. 3. Then when I try and modify that revised document to alter the changes that were made, my changes are shown in red, desptie the fact the setting is set to Track Changes By Author. 4. Therefore, I am unable to distinguish between the initial changes and my new changes. What am I doing incorrect? Do the documents have to have exact same name in order for Track changes by Author to work? THat isn't helpful if you want to maintain separate versions on file. Thanks. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you set the colors to "By Author" on the Track Changes tab of Tools | Options, then a different color will be used for each reviewer, but you have no control over what color is used for a specific reviewer, and they will change from one machine to another. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Anup" wrote in message ... Hi Question 1. I have received a tracked document for for my review from a one person. I would like to further track the changes and sent to yet another person. I would like my changes to be in different colours without changing the colours for the changes already tracked by this other person. I know I can differentiate between the two reviewers by placing my mouse on the change but how can I show them in different colours. Question 2. These options are available only on the machine one is working from. If I email the document to someone is there a way I can ensure he sees the colours I have chosen and not based on his machine settings? Thanks Anup |
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Hi Craig,
If you compared the two documents, and then did the other changes, you are the author of all the changes. So it's not surprising that they got the same color. If you want the latter changes a different color, you'll have to lie to Word about your name (Tools Options User information) after you compare the documents. Regards, Klaus "Craig" wrote: My settings in Word 2002 are set track changes by "By Author", however there are problems. 1. I receive a document and then compare it to my initial document. 2. The changes between those documents are shown in red and I then save that revised document with the changes shown in red. 3. Then when I try and modify that revised document to alter the changes that were made, my changes are shown in red, desptie the fact the setting is set to Track Changes By Author. 4. Therefore, I am unable to distinguish between the initial changes and my new changes. What am I doing incorrect? Do the documents have to have exact same name in order for Track changes by Author to work? THat isn't helpful if you want to maintain separate versions on file. Thanks. |
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