Word 2002 Track Changes

[Yuo-Fong]

Our office recently upgraded to Word 2002. The Track
Changes option is very different from Word 2000.

People in our office dislike the bubbles that indicate
changes, so we choose to disable the bubbles. However,
without the bubbles, we don't know which items are deleted.

We think the best format for deleted text is
strikethrough, which doesn't seem to be an option in Word
2002. If anyone has any ideas on how we can use
strikethrough, please let me know. Thanks!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Strikethrough is used by default for deleted items if you disable the
bubbles (and in Normal view even with bubbles enabled).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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[Jay Freedman]

Hi, Yuo-Fong,

Some unnamed miscreant removed the formatting for deleted items in Word
2002. It's been restored in Word 2003, but that doesn't help you...

Fortunately the formatting is still available through VBA. You need to do
this only once on each PC (unless you change your mind later about what
formatting you want to use):

- Open the VBA editor (Alt+F11).
- Open the Immediate pane (Ctrl+G or View > Immediate Pane).
- Type or paste this line into the pane and press Enter:

Options.DeletedTextMark=wdDeletedTextMarkStrikeThrough

- Close the VBA editor.

 

[Yuo-Fong]

Thanks for your reply, but after numerous tests,
strikethrough was not our default when we disabled the
bubbles.

However, Jay Freedman's reply solves our problems, so no
further action is required.

Thanks!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Why am I apparently the only user in the world who gets strikethrough for
deleted items with bubbles disabled?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
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