[victoria Borwick]

How do you choose the colour your tracked changes text appears in?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Tools | Options | Track Changes.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"victoria Borwick" victoria wrote in
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How do you choose the colour your tracked changes text appears in?

[Beth Melton]

"victoria Borwick" victoria wrote in
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How do you choose the colour your tracked changes text appears in?

If you're trying to set your "Author" color to a specific color then this
can't be done. Word keeps track of the authors of the document and
automatically assigns each color to prevent duplication. Now, you can change
your User Name and see if the color you want is assigned to the new user but
that may not be the best method to use depending on the number of authors.

As an additional note, if you modify the Track Change options and change the
markup colors to a color other than "By Author" it will be in effect for
your computer only and not saved with the document. Others will see the
markup color based on their Track Change options.
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[victoria Borwick[_2_]]

sorry what is your recommendation, what is the answer, I understand the
colours will change each time, but I have that terrible slushy green at the
moment and it is not readable. Blue or Red would be fine etc. thanks

"victoria Borwick" wrote:

How do you choose the colour your tracked changes text appears in?

[grammatim[_2_]]

It must think you're the fourth or fifth author making changes -- have
you changed your UserName a lot? Are there in fact changes by others?

On Jan 16, 4:46*am, victoria Borwick
wrote:
sorry what is your recommendation, what is the answer, I understand the
colours will change each time, but I have that terrible slushy green at the
moment and it is not readable. *Blue or Red would be fine etc. *thanks



"victoria Borwick" wrote:
How do you choose the colour your tracked changes text appears in?-

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The colors used on your system are unrelated to what anyone else will see,
since all the settings are local. You can select Blue or Red on your own
system for readability, and this will not affect the By Author setting for
anyone else. This will, however, mean that your changes will be in the same
color as everyone else's. The alternative would be to change your user name
to get a different color, but if the color you are describing is Teal, then
the next color up is likely Green (the dark one), so that might not be an
improvement.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"victoria Borwick" wrote in
message ...
sorry what is your recommendation, what is the answer, I understand the
colours will change each time, but I have that terrible slushy green at
the
moment and it is not readable. Blue or Red would be fine etc. thanks

"victoria Borwick" wrote:

How do you choose the colour your tracked changes text appears in?

[llucca]

Hi Suzanne: Your answers are always quite complete, so I hope you can help
with this one.... I am using Office 2007 and am trying to use Track Changes.
I have placed my name and initials in the Word Options / Personalize your
copy of Microsoft Office and have Track Changes on.

When modifying, it works, and when hovering I can see my name, the
date/time, and the change/comment. However, when I save the document, it
immediately changes all my comments to Author, and changes the color too.

The Track Changes options are set for "by author". Also, I have changed the
Properties, so the Author will be my name, and upon save, that disappears as
well.

Can you help?
Thanks!



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The colors used on your system are unrelated to what anyone else will see,
since all the settings are local. You can select Blue or Red on your own
system for readability, and this will not affect the By Author setting for
anyone else. This will, however, mean that your changes will be in the same
color as everyone else's. The alternative would be to change your user name
to get a different color, but if the color you are describing is Teal, then
the next color up is likely Green (the dark one), so that might not be an
improvement.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"victoria Borwick" wrote in
message ...
sorry what is your recommendation, what is the answer, I understand the
colours will change each time, but I have that terrible slushy green at
the
moment and it is not readable. Blue or Red would be fine etc. thanks

"victoria Borwick" wrote:

How do you choose the colour your tracked changes text appears in?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This works a little differently in Word 2007, so I may not send you to quite
the right place. In Word 2003, if you check the option for "Remove personal
information from file properties on save" on the Security tab of Tools |
Options, you will get the behavior you describe.

Here is where I get fuzzy. In Word 2007, under Office Button | Prepare |
Inspect Document, there is a setting that may govern this. A setting
identical to the one in Word 2003 is available at Office Button | Word
Options | Trust Center | Trust Center Settings... | Privacy Options (along
with a button to open the Document Inspector), but this option doesn't seem
to be available (the check box is dimmed) in any document I open (maybe it
would be if I had tracked changes?). So I'm confused about what it is
supposed to do.

I know I've seen the answer to this somewhere in these NGs, and with any
luck someone more knowledgeable than I will be able to give you the right
answer.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"llucca" wrote in message
...
Hi Suzanne: Your answers are always quite complete, so I hope you can
help
with this one.... I am using Office 2007 and am trying to use Track
Changes.
I have placed my name and initials in the Word Options / Personalize your
copy of Microsoft Office and have Track Changes on.

When modifying, it works, and when hovering I can see my name, the
date/time, and the change/comment. However, when I save the document, it
immediately changes all my comments to Author, and changes the color too.

The Track Changes options are set for "by author". Also, I have changed
the
Properties, so the Author will be my name, and upon save, that disappears
as
well.

Can you help?
Thanks!



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The colors used on your system are unrelated to what anyone else will
see,
since all the settings are local. You can select Blue or Red on your own
system for readability, and this will not affect the By Author setting
for
anyone else. This will, however, mean that your changes will be in the
same
color as everyone else's. The alternative would be to change your user
name
to get a different color, but if the color you are describing is Teal,
then
the next color up is likely Green (the dark one), so that might not be
an
improvement.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"victoria Borwick" wrote in
message ...
sorry what is your recommendation, what is the answer, I understand the
colours will change each time, but I have that terrible slushy green at
the
moment and it is not readable. Blue or Red would be fine etc. thanks

"victoria Borwick" wrote:

How do you choose the colour your tracked changes text appears in?