Tracked Changes does not Track

[Sandra]

I have been editing a document with Track Changes turned on and it has been
working well. However, I just pasted 4-5 pages from a different document
into the end of my original document. Even though tracked changes are turned
on, when I try to edit the new pages, I do not see any changes tracked.

Why would this happen?

Sandra

 

[macropod]

Hi Sandra,

If you had Track Changes turned on when you pasted the new material, that material would consitute a 'change' in its own right.
Editing the new material is effectively treated as little more than a part of that change.

 

[Sandra]

Macropod,

Yes, I see your point. So, I need to accept the new material as a change in
itself before I can actually make further tracked changes to it?

Sandra

Hi Sandra,

If you had Track Changes turned on when you pasted the new material, that material would consitute a 'change' in its own right.
Editing the new material is effectively treated as little more than a part of that change.

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Cheers
macropod
[Microsoft MVP - Word]

I have been editing a document with Track Changes turned on and it has been
working well. However, I just pasted 4-5 pages from a different document
into the end of my original document. Even though tracked changes are turned
on, when I try to edit the new pages, I do not see any changes tracked.

Why would this happen?

Sandra

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

Or else turn off Track Changes before you insert the new text (which
amounts to the same thing but is easier to do because it's a
keystroke, Ctrl-Shift-E, rather than a select-and-mouse-click).

 

[Sandra]

Thank you, Peter!

Or else turn off Track Changes before you insert the new text (which
amounts to the same thing but is easier to do because it's a
keystroke, Ctrl-Shift-E, rather than a select-and-mouse-click).