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Posible to copy/paste a text with visable changes?
Hi. I'm editing a manuscript in Word with the "Track changes"-function activated. Does anybody know if it's possible to copy a text from one document and paste it into another and keep the red-m...
By accident, I discovered that I can block a section of text containing tracked changes, then use the mouse to drag and drop the block in another place in the document, and the tracked changes are preserved. If I have another Word document open on the screen (or on a second screen), I can even drag the text to the other document (still preserving the tracked changes). The undo function (ctrl-Z) restores the tracked-changes text that was moved to its original position and deletes it from its destination, even from a different document. if it is important to retain the integrity of the original document with tracked changes, work from a copy to drag and drop.
This also works with text created using Compare Documents, that shows the differences between two documents.
This also works with text created using Compare Documents, that shows the differences between two documents.
The rules that apply to copying and pasting tracked changes are discussed in the article at https://shaunakelly.com/word/sharing/howtrackchangesworks.html#HowToCopyTextContainingTrackedChanges.
I don't know how helpful that is to your situation. Dragging & dropping would be treated as a deletion followed by an insertion, I think.
