Microsoft KB Archive/185611

= WD97: Track Changes Tracks Only the Last Change Made to Text =

Article ID: 185611

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q185611





SYMPTOMS
The ScreenTip that displays information about tracked changes (the box that appears while the mouse pointer rests) only shows information about the last change made to the text.

For example, if one person adds a word to a document while "Track changes while editing" is turned on, the ScreenTip for that text will display that persons name, the type of change made, and the date and time of the change. If another person then deletes the text, the ScreenTip will display information about the deletion.



CAUSE
The Track Changes feature only tracks the last change made to each piece of text in a document.



WORKAROUND
Use versioning to track multiple changes to the same text. To do this, click Versions on the File menu.



STATUS
This behavior is by design of Microsoft Word.



MORE INFORMATION
Versioning lets you maintain a working history of a document. With this feature you can see exactly who did what on a document and when. You can also enter descriptive text about the changes made in each version. All the versioning information is stored within the document, so you don't need to maintain and track multiple copies of the document. In addition, you can have Word automatically save a version at the end of every session, so you can see who changed what in each version.

Additional query words: revise revisions

Keywords: kbnofix kbprb KB185611

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