[Dba-office] Word track changes question

[Susan Harkins]

Well thank you Tina -- I will pass that along and see if it's something he
can use.

Susan H.

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 1:06 PM, Tina Norris Fields <
tinanfields at torchlake.com> wrote:

> 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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