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Mike_FinkMfink99
Feb 06, 2022Copper Contributor
MSWORD TRACK CHANGES FUNCTION
I'm the original creator of a Word doc. Emailed the doc to person who emailed the doc back to me showing changes in red using 'Track Changes'. I'm trying to make changes to the doc using 'Track Chang...
Stefan_Blom
Feb 13, 2022MVP
As Doug suggested, looking into which Specific People are listed as reviewers might give important clues. Personally, I would also enable the option in Word that uses the user name specified in the Word Options dialog box rather than the online/OneDrive settings.
Mike_FinkMfink99
Feb 13, 2022Copper Contributor
I appreciate everyone's help. I've tried all suggestions the best I can but it's still not working the way I think it should. I very well could be using track changes incorrectly or have false expectations. At this point, it's best if I meet 'in person' with a tech person who knows track changes well. I'm sure we'll figure it out. Thx again.
- Feb 13, 2022
Mike_FinkMfink99 As an example of Stefan's suggestion, under File>Options>General, I inserted Donald Duck as the User Name. If I check the box for "Always use these values regardless of sign in to Office"
and then replace the word Lease with Agreement in the first line of the paragraph under Basic Terms, the word "Agreement" appears in a purple font and the deletion of Lease is attributed to Donald Duck (When show revisions in Balloons is activated)If I uncheck that box and replace the word Lease with Agreement in the second line, the word "Agreement" appears in Red and the deletion is attributed to my Log On Name.
In this case, the original revisions made by the Author are shown in Blue (when revisions are shown in-line)