Microsoft KB Archive/195142

= WD97: Revision Colors May Change Unexpectedly =

Article ID: 195142

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 Q195142





SYMPTOMS
The color of your revision marks appears incorrect when you open your document.

NOTE: To turn on revision marks, on the Tools menu, point to Track Changes, and then click Highlight Changes. Click to select the Track changes while editing check box.



CAUSE
This behavior is by design in Microsoft Word. Word does not assign a specific color to a user. The goal is to make sure that the revisions of multiple authors can be distinguished from each other. The colors may change even if you close and reopen the document on the same computer.

In addition, Word does not save a specific color with the document if the color is changed by using the options for the Track Changes feature. For example, if you click Options in the Highlight Changes dialog box to set a particular color, that color is not maintained when the document is opened on another computer. To see the same color, the color would have to be set on the computer on which the document is opened, as well.

NOTE: It is not possible to set the color by using Word Viewer.



MORE INFORMATION
A document may travel from an author whose revisions colors are blue to another author whose revisions colors are also blue. Word cannot distinguish between those two authors unless it applies a different color for each user.

Additional query words: user info revise revised

Keywords: kbbug kbproof KB195142

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