atw: Re: Turning off Track Changes in Word 2003 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Not sure if I'm being dense here, but it doesn't seem to me that having 
hidden mark-up visible or invisible is the same as having Track Changes on 
or off. 

I have that box ticked in my Security settings, but Track Changes isn't on 
and it seems to be off by default in this work environment - maybe the 
system admins changed something else.

Howard





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Wow - how  obvious!


From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kofler,  Mark
Sent: Thursday, 15 February 2007 3:11 PM
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The answer is, on the  Tools Options > Security tab, turn off

Make hidden markup  visible when opening or saving.

Cheers  Mark

 

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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]  On Behalf Of Hallett, 
Michelle
Sent: Thursday, 15  February 2007 3:06 PM
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Subject: atw: Re: Turning off Track  Changes in Word 2003

 

Warren,

 

Can you write some code  in the Document New or Document Open functions 
that automatically turns off  Track Changes when you create or open a 
document? You could probably even put  such a function into normal.dot.

 

Michelle  Hallett

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From:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]  On Behalf Of Christine  Kent
Sent: Thursday, 15  February 2007 2:58 PM
To:  austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: Turning off Track  Changes in Word 2003

 

There is a  way of turning it off, because I have.  I remember spending 
frustrating  hours doing it, and can't for the life of me remember where I 
found  it.

 

ck

 




From:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Warren  Lewington
Sent: Thursday,  15 February 2007 2:51 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: Turning off Track  Changes in Word 2003

OH no, far more  insidious than that...

It seems Word  developers, in THEIR wisdom, (wait for it) decided that 
whenever you open a  template in Word 2003 that 'Track changes' should be 
on.

 

Personally I can't  think of anything more infuriating in Word than Track 
Changes (on rare  occasions I have used it semi-partially-successfully) 
but mostly, I HATE  IT.

 

I will try the  "protect the template" option, but Lord knows we would be 
better protecting  ourselves from Word developers utilising their version 
of wisdom... To the  extent of being sexist I could say Word 
developers have less wisdom  than ... but no; I should behave at least 
somewhat like a reconstructed  Aussie bloke on this list.

 

New Oxymoron: Word  developer and wisdom. Like military and  intelligence.

 

Besides Bede, you  couldn't insult my intelligence, because, well, what 
intelligence?

 

Wassa.

PS: Speaking of  reconstructed, two blokes here (myself included amongst 
this cabal) just  floored one of our lady colleagues when she caught us in 
the act of loading  the dishwasher with dirty plates following a birthday 
cake demolition  ceremony. Rinsed as well. Touche.

 




From:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of SUNTER Bede
Sent: Thursday, 15 February 2007  14:16
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: Turning off Track  Changes in Word 2003

At the risk of  insulting your intelligence Warren, could it be something 
like document  protection being set in the template? I just tested the 
idea and found that  if you protect a template, the documents based on it 
are protected  too.

 

Bede

 




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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Warren  Lewington
Sent: Thursday, 8  February 2007 08:52 AM
To:  austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Turning off Track Changes  in Word 2003

I have developed a  new template (clever boy aren't I!) in Word 2003. 

 

Applying it to some new  documents I am having an infuriating time with 
Track changes every time I  open the new documents, opening up in its own 
way, confusing the be-devil  out of me.

I have consicously turned it off  in the template, but every time I open a 
document the damn thing is on,  expecially insertions and deletions. 

Is there something I have to do  in the template or is it related to the 
document that I have to do something  to STOP it, preferably permanently, 
I absolutely HATE track changes  functions. Can I turn it off in REGEDIT? 

 

I have noticed that if I add a  comment to a document now, it seems to 
create 'Track changes' behavioural  responses that can only be described 
as psychotic. Like me right  now...

 

Is there a bug that someone  knows about? (Apart from the usual diatribes 
about MS word being one big  bug...)

Warren.

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