Removing Revision Marks

[alanl3]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel I want to remove the revision marks from a 5 page Word document with many numerals in it. I don't know how the marks got into the document. I have never tried to track changes. If the document was not so long and complicated I would just do it over again from scratch.
Thanks in advance,
Alan

 

[John McGhie]

On the Reviewing toolbar, first, click the "Track Changes" button so it is
OFF (not highlighted).

Then drop down the disclosure arrow beside the "Accept Change" button and
choose "Accept all changes in document".

Cheers

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel
I want to remove the revision marks from a 5 page Word document with many
numerals in it. I don't know how the marks got into the document. I have
never tried to track changes. If the document was not so long and complicated
I would just do it over again from scratch.
Thanks in advance,
Alan

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[alanl3]

On the Reviewing toolbar, first, click the "Track Changes" button so it is

> OFF (not highlighted).
>
> Then drop down the disclosure arrow beside the "Accept Change" button and
> choose "Accept all changes in document".
>
> Cheers
>
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> "[email protected]" wrote:
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> The email below is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
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> John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
> McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
> Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410
> +61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]
>
>
> Thanks for replying,

When I opened the document the "Accept Change" button was OFF (not highlighted)
Then I dropped down the disclosure arrow beside the "Accept Change" button and chose "Accept all changes in document". Nothing happened.
All the marks and comments remain.

Alan

 

[alanl3]

On the Reviewing toolbar, first, click the "Track Changes" button so it is

>
> When I opened the document the "Accept Change" button was OFF (not highlighted)
> Then I dropped down the disclosure arrow beside the "Accept Change" button and chose "Accept all changes in document". Nothing happened.
> All the marks and comments remain.
>
> Alan

Addendum

Sorry, I wasn't thinking.

I went back and unchecked the arrows under SHOW and the marks disappeared.

Thanks again for the help.

Alan

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Alan:

I wouldn't do that...

If you hide tracked changes they remain in the document and can severely
embarrass you at a later date. The British Prime Minister and George Bush
both got into a lot of trouble because some unresolved tracked changes
proved they were lying about the Iraq war

If you leave change tracking on but hidden, the document will eventually
collect so many changes that it becomes corrupted: then you loose all the
content.

Far better to resolve the changes when you are ready to finalise them. If
the changes to not go away when you click "Accept All" then either they are
not actually "tracked" changes, or the document has been password-protected
for tracked changes. Or the document is "already" corrupt: in which case,
copying all the text except the last paragraph mark into a fresh new
document should fix it.

Hope this helps

Addendum

Sorry, I wasn't thinking.

I went back and unchecked the arrows under SHOW and the marks disappeared.

Thanks again for the help.

Alan

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The email below is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless I ask you to; or unless you intend to pay!

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]