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KR - 05 Sep 2006 12:24 GMT

Is there a VBA boolean for (a) whether track changes is turned on, and (b)
whether there are tracked changes that have not yet been accepted in a
document?

I'd like to put something in my document_open area to alert me before I
start working in a document.

Thanks,
Keith

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Cindy M. - 05 Sep 2006 13:29 GMT

Hi Kr,

> Is there a VBA boolean for (a) whether track changes is turned on, and (b)
> whether there are tracked changes that have not yet been accepted in a
> document?

ActiveDocument.TrackRevisions

If ActiveDocument.Revisions.Count > 0 Then

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KR - 06 Sep 2006 18:55 GMT

Thanks Cindy!
The revisions count is great, and I'll set trackrevisions=false in my
on_open
Thanks again,
Keith

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Russ - 05 Sep 2006 16:58 GMT

Keith,
Did you know that in the newer versions of Word they also added Privacy
Options under Security?
Such as:
1. Warn before printing, saving or sending a file that contains tracked
changes or comments.
2. Remove personal information from this file on save.

> Is there a VBA boolean for (a) whether track changes is turned on, and (b)
> whether there are tracked changes that have not yet been accepted in a
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> Thanks,
> Keith

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KR - 06 Sep 2006 18:54 GMT

Russ-

Thanks for the info. I'm working in Word97 and 2003 (home/work) and other
users may be using anything within that range. Unfortunately, even after
requests that users not send files with tracked changes they still sometimes
show up that way, so I'm trying to figure it out quickly so I don't start
editing a document and then figure out that there were other changes in the
document that haven't been 'finalized'. Not all of these folks are
technology savvy, and I don't have direct access to their machines to change
the settings- so my 'fix' will have to be localized to my machine, on
opening each document.

Thanks!
Keith

> Keith,
> Did you know that in the newer versions of Word they also added Privacy
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> > Keith

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