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Track changes by author doesn't work
Is this Word for Windows? You have to display the Advanced Track Changes Options dialog box and specify the "By author" options wherever possible. In particular, you would want to choose that option for Insertions and Deletions.
To display the dialog box, click the dialog launcher icon on the bottom right of the Markup group on the Review tab and click Advanced Options.
Thanks. I had clicked By Author on all three of the Advanced Options boxes and the Markup still doesn’t change color. Also Microsoft gave me a case number when tech support cldn’t help me: Case ID: 7070480226. Thanks again though.
Colors won't necessarily change, because Word decides which specific colors to assign (more or less at random). There is no way to instruct Word which colors to use.
However, you should see different colors for different user names / reviewers.
Thanks -- when i use By Author, everyone's changes are the same color instead of different colors for different users. Ugh.
Can you share a sample document so that I could have a closer look? From the copy, permanently remove any sensitive information and keep some content which illustrates the issue.