Can you designate a specific user to accept/reject changes?

[Rusty46]

We would like to designate one or two users only that accept/reject track
changes in certain documents. We use Word 2003. Is this possible and if so
how?

 

[macropod]

Hi Rusty46,

You do this administratively - Word has no built-in capacity to limit who can accept/reject changes.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Is accepting and rejecting changes considered "editing"? If so, then
protecting a document using the "Read Only" setting allows you to designate
users who are allowed to make changes.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Hi Rusty46,

You do this administratively - Word has no built-in capacity to limit who
can accept/reject changes.

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Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]

We would like to designate one or two users only that accept/reject track
changes in certain documents. We use Word 2003. Is this possible and if
so how?

 

[Graham Mayor]

I suspect that other users may be required to make changes (just not
accept/reject them). They would not be able to do this if the document was
read only.

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Is accepting and rejecting changes considered "editing"? If so, then
protecting a document using the "Read Only" setting allows you to
designate users who are allowed to make changes.

Hi Rusty46,

You do this administratively - Word has no built-in capacity to
limit who can accept/reject changes.

--
Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]

We would like to designate one or two users only that accept/reject
track changes in certain documents. We use Word 2003. Is this
possible and if so how?

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Rusty,

If you're using Information Rights Management (IRM) feature of Word there may be a way to set additional controls, otherwise you may
want to try
Tools=>Protect Document=>Editng Restrictions
and turning on 'Track Changes' and assign a password.

You can also use Tools=>Send To=>Routing Recipient
and turn on the the same setting there as you send the document on.

That setting greys out the Accept/Reject buttons, but also locks Track changes into being always on, so it's going to record pretty
much everything typed as a change <g>.

It's a low level of protection (i.e. it's not very hard to get around it).

Another approach would be to not protect the documents or use Track changes, and later have the designated person(s) use the
Tools=>Compare and Merge Documents
choice to create a combined document and then review and accept/reject changes based on comparing the 'then' documents to the
original document.

You may also want to take a look at the Tools=>Shared Workspace option for using MS Sharepoint Services.

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We would like to designate one or two users only that accept/reject track
changes in certain documents. We use Word 2003. Is this possible and if so
how?>>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

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