Change Lines

[Jenny]

In versions of Word prior to Word 2002, you could show
change lines (short lines to the right of paragraphs)
indicating that you have inserted/deleted/changed text
from the original document, without showing the crossed
out text too. Now it seems to be an all or nothing
option. Can anyone tell me how to turn off everything
except the changed lines?

Thanks very much!

 

[Greg]

Jenny,

To me the range of options for tracking changes is the
most disappointing feature of Word2002. Thankfully this
was corrected in Word2003. To regain the ability to fully
customize track changes (i.e., customize the deleted text
mark) you will need a macro. The following is an
adaptation of a macro Shauna Kelly provided me last year
when I was frustrated by this same problem. It is
currently set to provide the options you have indicated.
To customize further, you will need to open the VBA
project and change the macro. Add ' to lines you want to
omit (not run) and remove the ' to lines you want to add
(run). You can also change the attributes following the =
sign.

Sub TrackChanges()

With Application.Options
.RevisedLinesMark = wdRevisedLinesMarkOutsideBorder
.RevisedLinesColor = wdAuto
.DeletedTextMark = wdDeletedTextMarkHidden
'.DeletedTextColor = wdRed
.InsertedTextMark = wdInsertedTextMarkNone
.InsertedTextColor = wdAuto
'.RevisedPropertiesMark = wdRevisedPropertiesMarkColorOnly
'.RevisedPropertiesColor = wdViolet

End With
End Sub


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