Default "track changes" view - is this possible?

[Guest]

I am working with a document that has some tracked changes in it. I want
other users to see the suggested changes, but...as I see them. I have Word
set up to show tracked changes as strike-throughs and underlined content,
WITHOUT the bubbles to the side. When I saved the document and had my boss
open it from his computer, he saw the changes as bubbles to the side, because
his version of Word is set up to view tracked changes in that way. After we
changed his view using the "Show>options" feature from the Track Changes
toolbar, he saw the changes without the bubbles, as intended.

My question is: Is there any way to save the document to ensure that anyone
opening it will see the tracked changes without the bubbles? Perhaps
protecting the document will come into play?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated...thanks!!

 

[Tony Jollans]

Not without VBA. User preferences are for (individual) users to set.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, Tony...this brings me to another question.

I want the other users to be able to see the document with all of the
suggested changes as underlined/strike-though. I do not need them to accept
or reject the changes, I just want them to see the changes that have been
suggested as I see them. Is there any way to convert the suggested changes
to show just as formatted text?

Short of converting the document to a PDF, I don't know of any other way to
do this. Any ideas?

 

[Tony Jollans]

I don't see why it shouldn't be possible to create such a beast if you
really want to but, again, it will need code.

Something along these lines - on a COPY of the document -

For Each r In ActiveDocument.Revisions
Select Case r.Type
Case wdRevisionDelete
r.Range.Font.Color = vbRed
r.Range.Font.StrikeThrough = True
r.Reject
Case wdRevisionInsert
r.Range.Font.Color = vbBlue
r.Range.Font.Underline = True
r.Accept
End Select
Next

 

[Guest]

Thanks again, Tony. I wish there were an easier way, but I definitely
appreciate your quick responses!