Track Changes in Word 2002

[Guest]

I like the format of the old Track Changes functionality
in Word. I upgraded to Word 2002 and hate the new
format. Is there any way to get Word 2002 to use the old
Track Changes formatting?

Any help would be appreciated...

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you turn off balloons (Tools | Options | Track Changes), you'll get some
of the old functionality back.

 

[Dayo Mitchell]

What kind of formatting do you mean? There's a macro floating around
(below) that lets you change the settings to mark various changes.

DM

Quoting MVP Greg Maxey:
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You will have to run a macro. The following provides a means of controlling
most of the options. Here it is set up to show the margin marks only.:

Sub TrackChanges()

With Application.Options
.RevisedLinesMark = wdRevisedLinesMarkOutsideBorder
.RevisedLinesColor = wdAuto
' .DeletedTextMark = wdDeletedTextMarkStrikeThrough
' .DeletedTextColor = wdRed
' .DeletedTextMark = wdDeletedTextMarkHidden
' .InsertedTextMark = wdInsertedTextMarkItalic
' .InsertedTextColor = wdBlue
' .InsertedTextMark = wdInsertedTextMarkColorOnly
' .InsertedTextColor = wdAuto
' .RevisedPropertiesMark = wdRevisedPropertiesMarkColorOnly
' .RevisedPropertiesColor = wdAuto
' .RevisedPropertiesMark = wdRevisedPropertiesMarkColorOnly
' .RevisedPropertiesColor = wdViolet

End With
End Sub

Remove the ' next to lines you want to activate. Put a ' next to the lines
you want to deactivate. You can change color choices as well.

You only need to run the macro once.
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