Tracking Changes in Word 2002

J

Jazz

Hi

For the love of me, I have tried to find out the answer to this enigma, if
there is an answer, that is.

The following link (I believe it is Word 2000), displays what I require.

http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/pointersclickers/Images/trackchanges.gif

The Deleted Text section of Tracking Changes. More specifically, the Mark,
Colour and Preview sections. The options are no longer there in Word 2002. Am
I missing something here? Is it a hidden option?

It really is useful using different colours when differentiating between
Deleted and Inserted text, as I do not particularly like using the Baloons
facility. Is a separate add-in available?

If anybody could shed some light on this, I would be most grateful, as part
of my position involves me editing and amending colleague's letters, before
they are sent out.

Thank you in anticipation.
 
T

Tony Jollans

This is a c***-up! The option is there in Word but there isn't any way to
access it via the UI and you must use VBA code to set it.

The settings are:

Options.DeletedTextColor
Options.DeletedTextMark
Options.InsertedTextColor
Options.InsertedTextMark

The VBA Editor should prompt you with the various options for each setting.
 
J

Jazz

Thanks for the reply, Tony. :) How do I go about implementing your code via
VBA? Please explain it in layman terms, please. Sorry to be such a pain. :)
 
T

Tony Jollans

Hi Jazz,

This isn't a full blown solution to allow you to select a colour from a
dialog. One could be written (probably has been by someone) but this isn't
it. All that this will give you at the moment is a macro to set one specific
colour and mark at a time. In this example I am setting Insertions to be
Blue and Deletions to Red with Strikethrough.

Sub SetReviewerOptions()

Options.InsertedTextColor = wdBlue
Options.InsertedTextMark = wdInsertedTextMarkColorOnly

Options.DeletedTextColor = wdRed
Options.DeletedTextMark = wdDeletedTextMarkStrikeThrough

End Sub

Take a look here: http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm for
instructions on what to do with the code.

When you have it working if you want help with changing the options, please
post back.
 
J

Jazz

Thank you so much for your reply, Tony. However, I am encountering error
messages.

After various conversations with colleagues, it has been decided that we
will be investing in Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003.

Once again, thank you for your help.
 
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