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track changes grayed out
I am using Word 2003. I am working in a file that is not originally mine. I
need to accept all changes made, but in the Reviewing tool bar, accept change, reject change, and accept all changes is grayed out. I also tried to right click on each addition and deletion, and accept and reject change is grayed out there too. I just want to accept all changes made; I do not need to review them. How can I do this? Thanks! |
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Answer: track changes grayed out
Hi there! It sounds like the document you're working on may have some restrictions in place that are preventing you from accepting or rejecting changes. Here are a few things you can try:
I hope one of these solutions works for you!
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It sounds as though your tracked changes were turned on using protection.
From the Tools menu select Unprotect Document. If you are prompted for a password, then you will need to get with the originator of the document to have them supply it. Good Luck. -- Dawn Crosier Microsoft MVP "Education Lasts a Lifetime" This message was posted to a newsgroup, Please post replies and questions to the group so that others can learn as well. "aviation editor" wrote in message ... I am using Word 2003. I am working in a file that is not originally mine. I need to accept all changes made, but in the Reviewing tool bar, accept change, reject change, and accept all changes is grayed out. I also tried to right click on each addition and deletion, and accept and reject change is grayed out there too. I just want to accept all changes made; I do not need to review them. How can I do this? Thanks! |
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Thanks so much. That is exactly the problem.
Unfortunately, the original author is not longer available to speak with. Do you know if there's a way to work around the protection? Or to disable it in some other way? "Dawn Crosier, Word MVP" wrote: It sounds as though your tracked changes were turned on using protection. From the Tools menu select Unprotect Document. If you are prompted for a password, then you will need to get with the originator of the document to have them supply it. Good Luck. -- Dawn Crosier Microsoft MVP "Education Lasts a Lifetime" This message was posted to a newsgroup, Please post replies and questions to the group so that others can learn as well. "aviation editor" wrote in message ... I am using Word 2003. I am working in a file that is not originally mine. I need to accept all changes made, but in the Reviewing tool bar, accept change, reject change, and accept all changes is grayed out. I also tried to right click on each addition and deletion, and accept and reject change is grayed out there too. I just want to accept all changes made; I do not need to review them. How can I do this? Thanks! |
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Since you can see the document, I can assume that the document is protected
for forms, rather than protected for opening. The former is easy to unlock, while the latter is nearly impossible. See http://www.gmayor.com/Remove_Password.htm for the procedure to use. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. aviation editor wrote: Thanks so much. That is exactly the problem. Unfortunately, the original author is not longer available to speak with. Do you know if there's a way to work around the protection? Or to disable it in some other way? "Dawn Crosier, Word MVP" wrote: It sounds as though your tracked changes were turned on using protection. From the Tools menu select Unprotect Document. If you are prompted for a password, then you will need to get with the originator of the document to have them supply it. Good Luck. -- Dawn Crosier Microsoft MVP "Education Lasts a Lifetime" This message was posted to a newsgroup, Please post replies and questions to the group so that others can learn as well. "aviation editor" wrote in message ... I am using Word 2003. I am working in a file that is not originally mine. I need to accept all changes made, but in the Reviewing tool bar, accept change, reject change, and accept all changes is grayed out. I also tried to right click on each addition and deletion, and accept and reject change is grayed out there too. I just want to accept all changes made; I do not need to review them. How can I do this? Thanks! |
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No, it's protected for Track Changes, but it may well be that the protection
for that is as trivial (and as easily defeated) as the protection for forms. -- 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. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Since you can see the document, I can assume that the document is protected for forms, rather than protected for opening. The former is easy to unlock, while the latter is nearly impossible. See http://www.gmayor.com/Remove_Password.htm for the procedure to use. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. aviation editor wrote: Thanks so much. That is exactly the problem. Unfortunately, the original author is not longer available to speak with. Do you know if there's a way to work around the protection? Or to disable it in some other way? "Dawn Crosier, Word MVP" wrote: It sounds as though your tracked changes were turned on using protection. From the Tools menu select Unprotect Document. If you are prompted for a password, then you will need to get with the originator of the document to have them supply it. Good Luck. -- Dawn Crosier Microsoft MVP "Education Lasts a Lifetime" This message was posted to a newsgroup, Please post replies and questions to the group so that others can learn as well. "aviation editor" wrote in message ... I am using Word 2003. I am working in a file that is not originally mine. I need to accept all changes made, but in the Reviewing tool bar, accept change, reject change, and accept all changes is grayed out. I also tried to right click on each addition and deletion, and accept and reject change is grayed out there too. I just want to accept all changes made; I do not need to review them. How can I do this? Thanks! |
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track changes grayed out
You're right -- I'd forgotten that you could apply a password to Track
Changes. A quick test shows that the same technique does defeat the password. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: No, it's protected for Track Changes, but it may well be that the protection for that is as trivial (and as easily defeated) as the protection for forms. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Since you can see the document, I can assume that the document is protected for forms, rather than protected for opening. The former is easy to unlock, while the latter is nearly impossible. See http://www.gmayor.com/Remove_Password.htm for the procedure to use. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. aviation editor wrote: Thanks so much. That is exactly the problem. Unfortunately, the original author is not longer available to speak with. Do you know if there's a way to work around the protection? Or to disable it in some other way? "Dawn Crosier, Word MVP" wrote: It sounds as though your tracked changes were turned on using protection. From the Tools menu select Unprotect Document. If you are prompted for a password, then you will need to get with the originator of the document to have them supply it. Good Luck. -- Dawn Crosier Microsoft MVP "Education Lasts a Lifetime" This message was posted to a newsgroup, Please post replies and questions to the group so that others can learn as well. "aviation editor" wrote in message ... I am using Word 2003. I am working in a file that is not originally mine. I need to accept all changes made, but in the Reviewing tool bar, accept change, reject change, and accept all changes is grayed out. I also tried to right click on each addition and deletion, and accept and reject change is grayed out there too. I just want to accept all changes made; I do not need to review them. How can I do this? Thanks! |
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