Customising reviewing pane in Word 2004?

[Matthew Stevens]

I liked the old Comments window in Word 98. I could quickly see all my
comments. Now I find that the new Revewing Pane lists absolutely
everything I've changed - every comma inserted, every word deleted -
interspersed among the comments. This is really irritating - now I have
to find a needle in a haystack.

Is there some way I can make the Reviewing Pane display only comments?

Further, text with comments used to appear as yellow highlights. Now
they appear encased in emaciated braces that are very hard to find by
eye. Is there any way I can make commented text appear as yellow
highlights again? Or something cllearly visible?

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Yes. See the Word Help topic "About displaying comments and tracked
changes"

I liked the old Comments window in Word 98. I could quickly see all my
comments. Now I find that the new Revewing Pane lists absolutely
everything I've changed - every comma inserted, every word deleted -
interspersed among the comments. This is really irritating - now I have
to find a needle in a haystack.

Is there some way I can make the Reviewing Pane display only comments?

Further, text with comments used to appear as yellow highlights. Now
they appear encased in emaciated braces that are very hard to find by
eye. Is there any way I can make commented text appear as yellow
highlights again? Or something cllearly visible?

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[Daiya Mitchell]

The reviewing pane is a freaking nightmare. Also, autocorrect and certain
editing things don't work when you are typing in it.

I've switched to using balloons. The comments will always be denoted by
brackets (not customizable)--mess around in Track Changes preferences to see
if you can get a better color for you. Balloons means there is a line from
the brackets to the balloon which also helps. Emaciated brackets is a good
description.

I feel that someone proposed a macro way to get the old comments pane back,
but for some reason I decided that wasn't functional after all. I don't
remember the details, see if searching this group brings them up, if you
want to investigate (I don't remember why I decided that was a dead end for
me). There has been discussion of the horror that is the Reviewing Pane
before.

 

[Matthew Stevens]

The reviewing pane is a freaking nightmare.

Thank you for saying it.

I feel that someone proposed a macro way to get the old comments pane back,
but for some reason I decided that wasn't functional after all. I don't
remember the details, see if searching this group brings them up,

Alas not.

 

[Matthew Stevens]

Yes. See the Word Help topic "About displaying comments and tracked
changes"

Thanks. I've since discovered this. Unfortunately, if I switch off
insertions and deletions so I don't have to wade through them in the
Reviewing Pane, I don't see them in the text either. This either/or
choice is a hindrance.

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Or, to quote the Esteemed Professor Mitchell "A freaking nightmare". She's
right

Thanks. I've since discovered this. Unfortunately, if I switch off
insertions and deletions so I don't have to wade through them in the
Reviewing Pane, I don't see them in the text either. This either/or
choice is a hindrance.

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Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410