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geekiamnot
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Nov 28, 2023

Word formatting/tracking How do I stop the nonsense?

I have three laptops and use all three to make changes to an ongoing document I have in WORD.

Lately, I am completely baffled by changes that have taken place and want to stop all of it. I like to keep things simple. I do not need to know what changes have occurred (I'm the one who made them!), I do not need to have an item flagged saying that a change was made...etc. I simply want to go about from laptop to laptop and pickup where I dropped off previously ( which could have been from a different laptop).

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    Charles_Kenyon
    Bronze Contributor

    geekiamnot 

    Turn off track changes.

    Accept all changes that have been made.

    Controls for both of these can be found on the Review tab.

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      geekiamnot
      Copper Contributor

      Charles_KenyonWill this change be permanent?  In other words, will it stop until I change it back?

      Would I need to "stop tracking" in all of my laptops?  I simply want to be able to use all 3 laptops for this documents effortlessly.  I want it to be like a piece of paper that I am simply taking from room to room.  I need the changes to be visible in all three laptops, but without being continuously alerted to the changes being made (since they are being made by me).

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        Charles_Kenyon
        Bronze Contributor

        geekiamnot 

        1. Track Changes on or off is a document setting, not a computer setting. When you turn it off, it stays off until you turn it back on again.
        2. What gets displayed for Track Changes, though, is a computer setting.

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