Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1   Report Post  
Lazyjournalist
 
Posts: n/a
Default How do I prevent users seeing the dates of comments/changes?

For a marking system I am piloting markers comment on essays using the Word
Comment balloons. However I have discovered that while it is fairly
straightforward to prevent marker identity from being discovered (by setting
the User identity to something anonymous) the date/time information for each
comment is available for the students, which is not something I really want
them to get hold of (any excuse to contest a mark - i.e. what time the
marking was done, how long it appeared to take). Is there a way to strip this
information away, or lock it out of the hands of those who view it - while
still keeping the comments themselves visible?
  #2   Report Post  
Cindy M -WordMVP-
 
Posts: n/a
Default

Hi ?B?TGF6eWpvdXJuYWxpc3Q=?=,

For a marking system I am piloting markers comment on essays using the Word
Comment balloons. However I have discovered that while it is fairly
straightforward to prevent marker identity from being discovered (by setting
the User identity to something anonymous) the date/time information for each
comment is available for the students, which is not something I really want
them to get hold of (any excuse to contest a mark - i.e. what time the
marking was done, how long it appeared to take). Is there a way to strip this
information away, or lock it out of the hands of those who view it - while
still keeping the comments themselves visible?

No, there isn't; at least, not in the user-interface or while the document is in
Word document format. The date is a "read-only" attribute, which means even VBA
can't write to it.

If the document were saved as HTML or XML - files in plain text format - the
date information could certainly be removed (or set to a meaningless value). And
removing it could be automated using script or VB(A). But that's about all that
would be possible.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
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 :-)

Reply
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
New Macros don't appear on toolbar for all users Shirley Hommel Microsoft Word Help 2 January 11th 05 05:39 PM
How do I prevent a footnote from starting on the next page? DT Microsoft Word Help 1 January 8th 05 09:41 PM
How do I compare dates in a Word IF field? Marion G Microsoft Word Help 0 December 10th 04 02:49 AM
how to allow users to add page breaks to locked documents linda Microsoft Word Help 4 December 8th 04 03:48 PM
Is there a way to make users "Save As" xaviermd Microsoft Word Help 1 November 27th 04 01:46 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 09:18 AM.

Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 Microsoft Office Word Forum - WordBanter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Microsoft Word"