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Bridie_Will
Oct 25, 2023Copper Contributor
Corrupted documents
I'm an editor who works on a lot of government documents. When they come to me for editing, they look clean, but often have had numerous stakeholders making tracked changes that have then been accept...
Oct 25, 2023
Bridie_Will Are you working in On-Line copies of the documents or are you downloading them to your computer and working on that copy. The latter is what I would recommend and I would be surprised if you encounter the issue when working on the documents opened from your computer.
Failing that, you could accept all of the prior changes to get a clean copy of the document. Then save that and make your changes.
Bridie_Will
Oct 25, 2023Copper Contributor
Doug_Robbins_Word_MVPHi Doug, yes, I always download the file and work from my computer. When it comes to me, there are no tracked changes visible in the document, but I know numerous people have made changes previously and then they have been accepted. Is there a way to clear the back end?
- Oct 26, 2023
Bridie_Will Try copying everything EXCEPT for the final paragraph mark in the document and then paste it into a new blank document.
- Bridie_WillOct 26, 2023Copper ContributorThank you, Doug! I'll try that next time. Cheers.