Tracking accepted changes

[Guest]

Word 2003

I have a bit of a 'different' tracking changes question.

I have a document that was created to be 'Protected' with 'Track Changes'
turned on. This document is updated by our 'outside' person.

My manager then accepts or deletes these changes.

I need to be able to go in and 'see' what changes where
accepted/deleted/changed and create a list of these changes and also what
date they were done.

In other threads, everyone wants this turned OFF, but I want to be able to
'see' who made the change and who accepted/deleted/changed the changes. My
understanding is that once the change has been 'accepted' it no longer shows
up anywhere.

Hope this makes sense, but unfortunately, I think I'm asking too much from
Microsoft.

 

[Beth Melton]

You are correct, once a change has been accepted then it is no longer
tracked. Now, if you have a copy of the document that has the changes
before they were accepted/rejected you might be able to use the
Tools/Compare and Merge command and compare your copy with that of the
accepted version to find the differences. You won't see the date the
changes were made but at least you should get something.

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[Guest]

Thanks Beth,

I think then, the next best thing would be to print out the "List of Markup"
to show what was changed before it gets accepted.

 

[Beth Melton]

I agree, that would be the best solution if you can implement it.

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Microsoft Office MVP

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