Track changes: punctuation

[hermitix]

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Power PC

In Word 2004, large changes such as deletions spawn a balloon indicating a change which allows acceptance or rejection. Punctuation changes, however, either have no balloon (such as when a comma is added), or just show a deletion (such as when a comma is replaced by a semi-colon). I have no idea how to accept these punctuation changes, except by physically overwriting them--a long, laborious process. Even the ones that have the check-mark on the balloons leave behind the underlining and the marker bar indicating change, when accepted. How do I get rid of those, or do they not interfere with a page-layout program. I cannot just accept all changes at once, since some are in, and some out.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Restating the issue: Insertions do not show in balloons, only in the
text (in the default settings). But if you overtype a period with a
comma, you do get a big Deletion balloon. However, overtyping is both a
Deletion of the old text and Insertion of the new, and you have to
Accept *both* Changes, the Insertion and the Deletion. But it's really
hard to see the comma Insertion to select and Accept it.

Okay, things you can do to access that comma, or other added punctuation:

1) Use the Next Change icon on the toolbar. That will stop at the comma
Insertion and select it, and then you can use the Accept Change icon to
accept it.

2) if you change the Show menu on the toolbar to Original Showing
Markup, the Insertion will show as a balloon and you can easily Accept it.