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Help working with Track Changes, please?
I've got to use Track Changes to edit some reports. I turn it on, then turn
off Highlight On Screen and Highlight in Printed Document. The problem I've run into is that sometimes after making a change, I can't backspace or delete. I have to move the insertion point somewhere else and then move it back. Today, I was working with some tables and had to completely turn it off! Can someone give me some pointers understanding how this beast works? Ed |
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http://addbalance.com/usersguide/track_changes.htm is a primer.
-- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Ed" wrote in message ... I've got to use Track Changes to edit some reports. I turn it on, then turn off Highlight On Screen and Highlight in Printed Document. The problem I've run into is that sometimes after making a change, I can't backspace or delete. I have to move the insertion point somewhere else and then move it back. Today, I was working with some tables and had to completely turn it off! Can someone give me some pointers understanding how this beast works? Ed |
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Thank you, Charles. I appreciate the boost. While it is good basic info,
it didn't answer some of my questions. I may have to turn Highlight on Screen on and see if I can figure out what's happening. Ed PS - Two things: (1) "I need to send this document to a client. How do I get rid of all the editing marks?" I'm not that familiar with all that you are doing - but what about making a copy of the document, accepting all changes in the copy, and sending that to the client? That way, if the client has any further changes, you still have the original. (2) The bottom link is a shortcut to http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/le...%20changes.htm, but took me to http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... http://addbalance.com/usersguide/track_changes.htm is a primer. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Ed" wrote in message ... I've got to use Track Changes to edit some reports. I turn it on, then turn off Highlight On Screen and Highlight in Printed Document. The problem I've run into is that sometimes after making a change, I can't backspace or delete. I have to move the insertion point somewhere else and then move it back. Today, I was working with some tables and had to completely turn it off! Can someone give me some pointers understanding how this beast works? Ed |
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See http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/trac...ngesWorks.html
-- 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. "Ed" wrote in message ... I've got to use Track Changes to edit some reports. I turn it on, then turn off Highlight On Screen and Highlight in Printed Document. The problem I've run into is that sometimes after making a change, I can't backspace or delete. I have to move the insertion point somewhere else and then move it back. Today, I was working with some tables and had to completely turn it off! Can someone give me some pointers understanding how this beast works? Ed |
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Hi Ed,
While it is good basic info, it didn't answer some of my questions. I may have to turn Highlight on Screen on and see if I can figure out what's happening. In order to answer your question, we really need to know the version of Word involved. Track changes was altered significantly in Word 2002 and later from previous versions. PS - Two things: (1) "I need to send this document to a client. How do I get rid of all the editing marks?" I'm not that familiar with all that you are doing - but what about making a copy of the document, accepting all changes in the copy, and sending that to the client? That way, if the client has any further changes, you still have the original. 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 :-) |
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I'm sorry, Cindy - I should have included that in the first post. I'm using
Word 2000 on Windows 2000. Ed "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message news:VA.0000ad6f.00af3dff@speedy... Hi Ed, While it is good basic info, it didn't answer some of my questions. I may have to turn Highlight on Screen on and see if I can figure out what's happening. In order to answer your question, we really need to know the version of Word involved. Track changes was altered significantly in Word 2002 and later from previous versions. |
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Hi Ed,
I've got to use Track Changes to edit some reports. I turn it on, then turn off Highlight On Screen and Highlight in Printed Document. The problem I've run into is that sometimes after making a change, I can't backspace or delete. I have to move the insertion point somewhere else and then move it back. Today, I was working with some tables and had to completely turn it off! Can someone give me some pointers understanding how this beast works? Word 2000 Just turning the screen and print display on or off won't change the fact that you're still tracking the changes in the document. When you're in this mode, then the backspace key doesn't work (probably has something to do with how Word keeps track of what's deleted). In order to STOP tracking changes, deactivate the checkbox above the entries about highlighting changes. 1) "I need to send this document to a client. How do I get rid of all the editing marks?" You need to accept/reject the changes. First, turn off change tracking. Then Tools/Track Changes/Accept or Reject changes. You can choose to either accept all, reject all, or step through each change in the document and accept or reject them, individually. 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 :-) |
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