Create timeline of when a word file has changes save

[ando]

Hello, I am really stuck on this, as I haven't ever had to use it before, but
does anyone know if it possible to find out the time that a Word file is
created, and the subsequent saves that have been made at each time interval.
I know that you can see when it was created, modified and last accessed, but
I would like to see the timeline of the file itself when the changes were
made. Thanks in advance for anyone who can help.

 

[Graham Mayor]

This information is not stored with the file, and the information that is
can be edited easily enough using the script editor (ALT+SHIFT+F11) so even
that available can never be more than a rough guide. The only way I can
think of to record this information is by means of key logging software
external to Word, but that will be of no use for existing documents that
have already been edited.

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[Jay Freedman]

If this is in a professional setting, you need a "document control
system" that lets you check out documents, work on them, and check
them in. The system maintains a database with the information you
need, and usually also keeps a copy of each revision (or the
differences between revisions) so that you can "roll back" to any
previous version. There are many DCSs on the market -- Google will
help you find them.