Comparing Documents

[Curious George]

When comparing two documents in Word 2002, Word displays insertions and
deletions in the same color, although deletions display in strikethrough.

Is it possible to show insertions and deletions in different colors, say,
green and red, respectively? Seems to me I used to be able to do this in
earlier versions of Word. Thanks for your help.

Curious George

 

[Jeff Thomas]

You should be able to set that up in your options. Tools + Options, then
click on the Track Changes tab. There are options there to change the colors
for added/deleted text.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Hi George,

From the Tools menu, select Options and then go to the Track Changes tab.

Or run a macro containing commands such as:

Options.InsertedTextColor = wdGreen
Options.DeletedTextColor = wdRed

Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Curious George]

Hi Doug:

Thanks for responding to my question.

On Tools | Options | Track Changes I can set options for Insertions, Color
and Formatting. No mention of deletions. The idea of a macro sounds good -
if I knew anything about them. Well I guess I've been usind Word long
enough, so it's time to finally time to learn.

Curious George

 

[Guest]

George _ I asked the same thing on the "track changes" thread. apart from a macro, apparently Word 2003 has brought back the 2 colour scheme
dclair