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Today’s post about track changes in Word is contributed by Louis Broome, a manager and writer for Office.com.
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To turn Track Changes off, on the Review tab, in the Tracking group, click the Track Changes button (the paper & pencil with the healthy orange glow, pictured below). Here’s the relevant piece of Word real estate:
If your document contains tracked changes, like this:
and you want to get rid of them, on the Review tab, in the Changes group, you can Accept or Reject each change or All Changes in Document:
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May 15, 2018 How to Remove Track Changes in Microsoft Word on PC or Mac. This wikiHow teaches you how to accept, reject or hide all the comments and changes made in a Word document, using a computer. Apr 26, 2019 I came here because my husband and I were having trouble figuring out how to handle track changes in Word 2016, which he has, after I have done the preliminary editing of a translation in my Word. In the Options dialog box, change your user name and initials in the Personalize your copy of Microsoft Office section. Note: Excel 2010 uses only a user name, not initials. In an open document, click the Office button, and then click the Options button at the bottom of the menu. Microsoft Track Changes — Word for Mac (2011) Step 1: Open your Microsoft Word document, and locate the Review tab. Step 2: Locate the Track Changes icon in the Tracking panel; be sure that the Track Changes is switched off. If Track Changes is switched on, as in the screen shot below, make sure you click on the ON icon to turn this feature off. If you continue with the Track Changes.
Aug 17, 2017 To review changes one at a time, click Review then Accept or Reject. To finalize the document all at once, click Accept All Changes or Reject All Changes. On the Review tab, in the Comments group, click the arrow below Delete, then click Delete All Comments in Document. Jul 28, 2016 How to make comments anonymous in Word 2016. How To Fix 'Author' Showing in Microsoft Word for Mac Instead of Your Name. How to Change Your User Name for Track Changes in Microsoft Word. My previous tutorial “How to Change Your User Name for Track Changes in Microsoft Word” shows how to change user names for comments and edits created with Track Changes. However, Word doesn’t have a straightforward way to change user names connected to existing comments and edits, so that tutorial only works for new comments and edits.
Tracked changes can be hidden, which might or might not be a good thing. Either way, take a moment to become familiar with the Display for Review drop-down list and its four options:
Final: Show Markup shows all tracked changes.
Final hides tracked changes to show the document with all proposed changes included.
Original: Show Markup shows the original text with tracked changes and comments.
Original shows the document before any changes were made.
If your Track Changes needs are more sophisticated than the above, choose from this list of the Top 5 Track Changes-related videos, articles, and training courses on Office.com/support:
- This brief article on how to Turn Track Changes on or off includes a cool tip: You can customize the status bar to add an indicator that tells you when Track Changes is on or off (the Word 2007 version is here).
- If all you want to do is turn off Track Changes, watch this video.
- Demo: Remove tracked changes from Word 2007 documents shows you how to permanently remove revision marks in a Word 2007 document.
- Revise documents with Track Changes and Comments in Word 2007, a training course, will teach you how to review, accept, reject, and hide tracked changes in Word 2007, and along the way you get to practice.
- Track changes while you editcovers the basics of how to track changes in Word 2007 while you edit, and how to change the way that markup is displayed (the Word 2003 article is here).
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In this article, we will show you 4 ways to delete or change the author names for comments in your Word document.
Now and then, we’d like to insert comments to Word documents as to make revisions. As you may notice, there is the author or user name in every comment made in a document to display who the reviser is. However, there are times when we rather have the name deleted or changed out of certain reasons.
- First, if we are using a computer of someone else, then the name on this computer cannot be yours. Thus, you will need to change the user name.
- Second, due to privacy consideration, you want only your comments but not you name to go public. At this time, you probably want to remove your own name or any information indicating who you are.
- Third, you just change your name! This situation doesn’t happen a lot but it does sometimes. Consequently, you user name on your computer should be altered, too.
No matter what your case is, it shall do you no harm to learn ways to delete or change personal information on computer or digital documents, especially in an age when privacy breaches happen all the time.
2 Methods to Delete the Author Names for Comments
At first, there are 2 solutions for you to delete the author name.
Method 1: Remove Personal Information
For Example, this is our sample:
- Firstly, open the document and click “File”, then “Info”.
- Next, click “Check for Issues” icon.
- On the drop-down list, click “Inspect Document”.
- In “Document Inspector” dialog box, ensure the “Document Properties and Personal Information” box is checked.
- Then click “Inspect”.
- Soon, there will be a notice saying certain document information is found. You should only click the “Remove All” button in “Document Properties and Personal Information” part.
- Click “Close” lastly.
- Now save the document and you shall see all Author names are replaces by letter “A”.
After applying this method, all comments you create neither in this document or others in the future will automatically take the author name of “A”. In other words, it’s a once for all solution.
In case you need to stop it, you should take the bellowing steps:
- Open Word and click “File” tab, then “Options” to open the “Word Options” dialog box.
- Click “Trust Center” first.
- Then click the “Trust Center Settings” on the right-sown corner to open the “Trust Center” dialog box.
- Next, clear the “Remove personal information from file properties on save” box.
- Lastly, click “OK” in both dialog boxes.
Method 2: Use VBA Codes
Now there is the VBA way to handle the case. For future reference, it’s only a one-time trick for a single document each time so there is no need to worry about affecting other document settings. You certainly don’t have to undo the modification.
- To begin with, press “Alt+ F11” to open the VBA editor.
- Next, paste the following codes there and click “Run”.
2 Methods to Change Author Names for Comments
Sometimes, instead of deleting author names, we prefer to change them.
Method 1: Edit User Name
- First and foremost, click “Review” tab.
- Then click “Track Change” in “Tracking” group.
- Next, click “Change User Name”.
- Now the “Word Options” dialog box will pop up. Make sure the “General” tab is displayed. Then change the user name and initials.
- Finally, click “OK”.
Notes:
- This change will affect all future documents.
- For the comments made before the change, they keep the original names.
Method 2: Use Codes to Change Author Names
- Similarly, press “Alt+ F11” to open VBA editor.
- Only this time you should paste these codes and click “Run”:
Notes:
- In codes “objComment.Author = “Test Name””, the “Test Name” refers to the name to be displayed when cursor hovers over the comment. You can change it as you like.
- In codes “objComment.Initial = “TN””, the “TN” refers to the initials of “Test Name”, which you should set according to the name you choose on last code line.
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