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Tracked changes turns itself back on
We have a simple Word file, born elsewhere, that consistently opens with
tracked changes turned on. (The TRK is showing in the status bar, and any insertions/deleting we make become immediately marked.) If we turn tracking off, make an edit, save the doc, close Word, reopen it, and reopen the document, the TRK is back on. There's no delay while it comes on -- it's just there. There's no macro code in the document, and this happens when this same doc is opened on various PCs, none of which have an AutoOpen macro that might be doing this, and the doc's template is Normal. The file is otherwise unremarkable. We don't need or want to track our edits, and there are no tracked changes in the document. (Yes, we know about hiding vs. accepting.) Running code to display ActiveDocument.Revisions.Count gives 0. What are we missing? 'Preciate any help. Mark Tangard |
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Tracked changes turns itself back on
Depending on how long the document is, and what formatting you would lose, as
last resort you could copy it all into Notepad and then copy it all back into a New Document in Word. All inherited / received documents carry their formatting into Word. I'm just learning about this annoying "feature." "Mark Tangard" wrote: We have a simple Word file, born elsewhere, that consistently opens with tracked changes turned on. (The TRK is showing in the status bar, and any insertions/deleting we make become immediately marked.) If we turn tracking off, make an edit, save the doc, close Word, reopen it, and reopen the document, the TRK is back on. There's no delay while it comes on -- it's just there. There's no macro code in the document, and this happens when this same doc is opened on various PCs, none of which have an AutoOpen macro that might be doing this, and the doc's template is Normal. The file is otherwise unremarkable. We don't need or want to track our edits, and there are no tracked changes in the document. (Yes, we know about hiding vs. accepting.) Running code to display ActiveDocument.Revisions.Count gives 0. What are we missing? 'Preciate any help. Mark Tangard |
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Tracked changes turns itself back on
CyberTaz,
As I explained, there were no tracked changes in the document. (As a former Word MVP, I know the difference between turning tracking off and accepting changes.) As it turns out, the document was corrupted -- rebirthing it by pasting all but its final paragraph mark into a new document fixed it. CyberTaz wrote: Once Track Changes is activated in a document the changes tracked will be retained until they are either Accepted or Rejected. In the meanwhile, turning the feature OFF only means that any further changes not be tracked, but the unnaccepted/unrejected changes are still there. Docs with tracked changes automatically open with the markup displayed so the user realizes that to be the case. When you no longer wish to continue tracking or retain the markup & changes that have been tracked: Turn Track Changes OFF Accept or Reject each individual change (or use Accept All or Reject All) Save the file You might want to have a quite useful read he http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/trac...ngesWorks.html And perhaps share Shauna's insights with those who are supplying the docs HTH |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 11/19/06 7:42 AM, in article , "Lifesnadir" wrote: Depending on how long the document is, and what formatting you would lose, as last resort you could copy it all into Notepad and then copy it all back into a New Document in Word. All inherited / received documents carry their formatting into Word. I'm just learning about this annoying "feature." "Mark Tangard" wrote: We have a simple Word file, born elsewhere, that consistently opens with tracked changes turned on. (The TRK is showing in the status bar, and any insertions/deleting we make become immediately marked.) If we turn tracking off, make an edit, save the doc, close Word, reopen it, and reopen the document, the TRK is back on. There's no delay while it comes on -- it's just there. There's no macro code in the document, and this happens when this same doc is opened on various PCs, none of which have an AutoOpen macro that might be doing this, and the doc's template is Normal. The file is otherwise unremarkable. We don't need or want to track our edits, and there are no tracked changes in the document. (Yes, we know about hiding vs. accepting.) Running code to display ActiveDocument.Revisions.Count gives 0. What are we missing? 'Preciate any help. Mark Tangard |
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