[Dba-office] Word track changes question

[Tina Norris Fields]

Hi Susan,

I found this video course on tracking changes.
<https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/Track-changes-dc8d239d-b60b-4b6d-803c-3acaf0c8ae15>
There are five short videos.  In the last one, there is information 
about locking tracking on so that changes cannot be accepted or rejected 
and tracking cannot be turned off.  It is password-protected.  Perhaps 
this technique will assist your reader.

Best,
TNF

Tina Norris Fields
tinanfields-at-torchlake-dot-com
231-322-2787

On 06/17/15 6:00 PM, Susan Harkins wrote:
> I didn't really ask why. Their competition has it so they want it. They
> sell the contract. They want the "user" to be able to see what the
> presenter has changed from the sold original. I think it's ... too much
> drama. But... I thought I'd ask.
>
> Susan H.
>
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, once you accept the changes it is gone.  But that's kind of an odd
>> request.  Why do they want that? Do they want the user to have the option
>> to
>> see the changes, in which case track changes is the solution, which they
>> could advise them about in a readme.txt file, or do they want to compel the
>> user for some reason to have to retain the changes in tracking so the
>> original is always visible?
>>
>> R
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dba-office [mailto:dba-office-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Susan Harkins
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 3:34 AM
>> To: dba-office at databaseadvisors.com
>> Subject: Re: [Dba-office] Word track changes question
>>
>> John, I think once you accept a change, it's gone, isn't it? I was just
>> playing with it for a minute and I couldn't get revisions back. I don't use
>> this feature much and I'll admit, I don't know everything there is to know!
>> :)
>>
>> Susan H.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 10:33 PM, John R Bartow <jbartow at winhaven.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Oh. Well then shouldn't the standard track changes do the trick? I
>>> haven't used it lately but I though it did it right in the document as
>>> they were made and there was a switch to hide them when finished editing.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Dba-office [mailto:dba-office-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On
>>> Behalf Of Susan Harkins
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 7:46 PM
>>> To: dba-office at databaseadvisors.com
>>> Subject: Re: [Dba-office] Word track changes question
>>>
>>> That's what I suggested, but it isn't for them. He wants the end user
>>> to be able to see the changes their customers have made to the
>>> contract to customize it. They won't ever see these -- it's for the end
>> user.
>>> Susan H.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 8:36 PM, John R Bartow <jbartow at winhaven.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Couldn't he do a compare of the two versions?
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Dba-office [mailto:dba-office-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On
>>>> Behalf Of Susan Harkins
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 6:58 PM
>>>> To: dba-office at databaseadvisors.com
>>>> Subject: [Dba-office] Word track changes question
>>>>
>>>> A reader's company creates contract forms for resell. The purchaser
>>>> can alter the content. The reader wants all changes to be evident --
>>>> in other words, he wants Track Changes to show all changes to their
>>>> copyrighted text to show. I don't know of anyway to do this. Is
>>>> there a third-party product perhaps?
>>>>
>>>> Susan H.
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