Track Changes items look different on two computers

[greggsewell]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel I use Word 2008 on an Intel iMac.

My client uses Word 2004 on a PC (not sure which OS).

If I select all text in a document and change the font, my client sees a formatting change bubble for every single paragraph.

She tells me that when she selects all text in a document and changes the font, she sees only one formatting change bubble for the whole document.

I suspect that this may be a backward-compatibility issue between versions 2008 and 2004.

Is there anything I can do to make tracked changes appear the same on both computers?

Thanks for your help.

Gregg

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Gregg:

No, sorry, no answer for this.

Use styles for formatting. And turn off "Keep track of formatting" in the
document. The setting leads to document corruption, and does not produce
useful information

Use styles, and if you want to change the formatting, change the style.
Much quicker and more reliable, and it doesn't give you visual pollution in
your tracked changes.

Cheers

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel I use
Word 2008 on an Intel iMac.

My client uses Word 2004 on a PC (not sure which OS).

If I select all text in a document and change the font, my client sees a
formatting change bubble for every single paragraph.

She tells me that when she selects all text in a document and changes the
font, she sees only one formatting change bubble for the whole document.

I suspect that this may be a backward-compatibility issue between versions
2008 and 2004.

Is there anything I can do to make tracked changes appear the same on both
computers?

Thanks for your help.

Gregg

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