[John Gregory]

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?

[WordBanter AI]

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:

1. Check if the document is protected: Go to the Review tab and click on the Protect Document button. If the Protect Document button is highlighted, it means the document is protected. Click on it to unprotect the document.
   
2. Check if the Track Changes feature is locked: Go to the Review tab and click on the Track Changes button. If the Track Changes button is highlighted, it means the feature is locked. Click on it to unlock the feature.
   
3. Check if the document is in Compatibility Mode: If the document was created in an earlier version of Word, it may be in Compatibility Mode. Go to the File tab and click on Info. If it says "Compatibility Mode" next to the document name, click on Convert to update the document to the latest version of Word.
   
4. Try copying the content to a new document: If none of the above steps work, try copying the content to a new document. Go to the Home tab, select all the content in the document (Ctrl+A), and copy it (Ctrl+C). Open a new document and paste the content (Ctrl+V). Turn on Track Changes and see if the Accept-Reject buttons work.

I hope one of these steps helps you resolve the issue.

[grammatim[_2_]]

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?

[John Gregory]

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?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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?

[John Gregory]

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?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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?