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Track Changes - Accept-Reject buttons greyed out
When using the Track Changes feature, the Accept-Reject buttons are greyed
out. They don't do anything. I can go to the individual changes, however I can not accept or reject them using any of the standard methods (right clik on change, or toolbar). The document was an existing document I made changes in, now I can not accpet these to get the final document. Any ideas? |
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Answer: Track Changes - Accept-Reject buttons greyed out
It sounds like the Track Changes feature may be locked or protected in some way. Here are a few steps you can try to resolve the issue:
I hope one of these steps helps you resolve the issue.
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Track Changes - Accept-Reject buttons greyed out
You should be able to access the Accept/Reject buttons only when you
have a change selected. If you don't, it ought to give you the drop- down menu that has (among others) the Accept All Changes option. If you want to Accept (or Reject) All the Changes, click not on the button, but on the tiny down-arrow next to the check-mark (or x-out) button On Aug 13, 2:39 pm, John Gregory wrote: When using the Track Changes feature, the Accept-Reject buttons are greyed out. They don't do anything. I can go to the individual changes, however I can not accept or reject them using any of the standard methods (right clik on change, or toolbar). The document was an existing document I made changes in, now I can not accpet these to get the final document. Any ideas? |
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Track Changes - Accept-Reject buttons greyed out
All of those features are greyd-out and not available, the only ones that
work are the arrows to go between changes - that's it. I am very familiar with how track changes works normally, but for some unknown reason, none of the usual methods work. If I open a new document and track changes, everything works normally. As a work around, I saved the document as a text file, then saved the text file as a doc file and now it works, however I lost all of my formatting. "grammatim" wrote: You should be able to access the Accept/Reject buttons only when you have a change selected. If you don't, it ought to give you the drop- down menu that has (among others) the Accept All Changes option. If you want to Accept (or Reject) All the Changes, click not on the button, but on the tiny down-arrow next to the check-mark (or x-out) button On Aug 13, 2:39 pm, John Gregory wrote: When using the Track Changes feature, the Accept-Reject buttons are greyed out. They don't do anything. I can go to the individual changes, however I can not accept or reject them using any of the standard methods (right clik on change, or toolbar). The document was an existing document I made changes in, now I can not accpet these to get the final document. Any ideas? |
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Track Changes - Accept-Reject buttons greyed out
Is the document protected in some way? What do you see in the Tools |
Protect Document task pane? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "John Gregory" wrote in message ... All of those features are greyd-out and not available, the only ones that work are the arrows to go between changes - that's it. I am very familiar with how track changes works normally, but for some unknown reason, none of the usual methods work. If I open a new document and track changes, everything works normally. As a work around, I saved the document as a text file, then saved the text file as a doc file and now it works, however I lost all of my formatting. "grammatim" wrote: You should be able to access the Accept/Reject buttons only when you have a change selected. If you don't, it ought to give you the drop- down menu that has (among others) the Accept All Changes option. If you want to Accept (or Reject) All the Changes, click not on the button, but on the tiny down-arrow next to the check-mark (or x-out) button On Aug 13, 2:39 pm, John Gregory wrote: When using the Track Changes feature, the Accept-Reject buttons are greyed out. They don't do anything. I can go to the individual changes, however I can not accept or reject them using any of the standard methods (right clik on change, or toolbar). The document was an existing document I made changes in, now I can not accpet these to get the final document. Any ideas? |
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Track Changes - Accept-Reject buttons greyed out
That was it! Thank you for your help.
I have never run across that before "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Is the document protected in some way? What do you see in the Tools | Protect Document task pane? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "John Gregory" wrote in message ... All of those features are greyd-out and not available, the only ones that work are the arrows to go between changes - that's it. I am very familiar with how track changes works normally, but for some unknown reason, none of the usual methods work. If I open a new document and track changes, everything works normally. As a work around, I saved the document as a text file, then saved the text file as a doc file and now it works, however I lost all of my formatting. "grammatim" wrote: You should be able to access the Accept/Reject buttons only when you have a change selected. If you don't, it ought to give you the drop- down menu that has (among others) the Accept All Changes option. If you want to Accept (or Reject) All the Changes, click not on the button, but on the tiny down-arrow next to the check-mark (or x-out) button On Aug 13, 2:39 pm, John Gregory wrote: When using the Track Changes feature, the Accept-Reject buttons are greyed out. They don't do anything. I can go to the individual changes, however I can not accept or reject them using any of the standard methods (right clik on change, or toolbar). The document was an existing document I made changes in, now I can not accpet these to get the final document. Any ideas? |
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Me, either. I just knew the possibility existed. Glad that helped!
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "John Gregory" wrote in message ... That was it! Thank you for your help. I have never run across that before "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Is the document protected in some way? What do you see in the Tools | Protect Document task pane? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "John Gregory" wrote in message ... All of those features are greyd-out and not available, the only ones that work are the arrows to go between changes - that's it. I am very familiar with how track changes works normally, but for some unknown reason, none of the usual methods work. If I open a new document and track changes, everything works normally. As a work around, I saved the document as a text file, then saved the text file as a doc file and now it works, however I lost all of my formatting. "grammatim" wrote: You should be able to access the Accept/Reject buttons only when you have a change selected. If you don't, it ought to give you the drop- down menu that has (among others) the Accept All Changes option. If you want to Accept (or Reject) All the Changes, click not on the button, but on the tiny down-arrow next to the check-mark (or x-out) button On Aug 13, 2:39 pm, John Gregory wrote: When using the Track Changes feature, the Accept-Reject buttons are greyed out. They don't do anything. I can go to the individual changes, however I can not accept or reject them using any of the standard methods (right clik on change, or toolbar). The document was an existing document I made changes in, now I can not accpet these to get the final document. Any ideas? |
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