Can you distinguish insertions and deletions in Word XP tracking mode?

[DJ Kim]

I just posted the wrong question on how to distinguish tracking colors
between different users.
What I should have asked is, is it possible to use different colors
for insertions and deletions in Word XP tracking mode?
(It doesn't appear on the tracking option dialogue box.)

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Not without a macro. This has been fixed in Word 2003.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[DJ Kim]

Is there a macro out there that does it, or do i have to write one from scratch?
I think this is a serious flaw.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi DJ

See
http://groups.google.com/[email protected].

 

[DJ Kim]

How is this supposed to work?
It doesn't work on my computer.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Which "this" doesn't work, the URL to google.com or the macro that's
shown there? If you can't get the URL to work, here's the macro
(posted by Greg Maxey):

Sub TrackChanges()
'
' Thanks Shauna!! Shauna Kelly provided me
' the basic format of this macro last year when I started
' using Word2002. Alter which lines run by adding or moving
' (the apostrophe) before each line.

With Application.Options
.RevisedLinesMark = wdRevisedLinesMarkOutsideBorder
.RevisedLinesColor = wdAuto
' .DeletedTextMark = wdDeletedTextMarkCaret
' .DeletedTextMark = wdDeletedTextMarkStrikeThrough
' .DeletedTextMark = wdDeletedTextMarkNone
.DeletedTextColor = wdRed
' .DeletedTextMark = wdDeletedTextMarkHidden
.InsertedTextMark = wdInsertedTextMarkItalic
.InsertedTextMark = wdInsertedTextMarkNone
.InsertedTextColor = wdBlue
' .InsertedTextMark = wdInsertedTextMarkUnderline
' .InsertedTextMark = wdInsertedTextMarkColorOnly
' .InsertedTextColor = wdAuto
' .RevisedPropertiesMark = wdRevisedPropertiesMarkColorOnly
' .RevisedPropertiesColor = wdAuto
' .RevisedPropertiesMark = wdRevisedPropertiesMarkColorOnly
' .RevisedPropertiesColor = wdViolet

End With
End Sub

If you can't get the macro to work, how are you trying to use it?

 

[DJ Kim]

I got it right, and it works wonderfully!
Thank you everyone.