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Track Changes

Lists the commands that are available for tracking changes in your file.

To access this command...

Choose Edit - Track Changes.

Record Changes

Tracks each change that is made in the current document by author and date.

Protect Changes

Prevents a user from deactivating the record changes feature, or from accepting or rejecting changes unless the user enters a password.

Show Track Changes

Shows or hides recorded changes.

Manage

Accept or reject recorded changes.

Comment

Enter a comment for the recorded change.

Compare Document

Compares the current document with a document that you select. The contents of the selected document are marked as deletions in the dialogue box that opens. If you want, you can insert the contents of the selected file into the current document by selecting the relevant deleted entries, clicking Reject, and then clicking Insert.

Merge Document

Imports changes made to copies of the same document into the original document. Changes made to footnotes, headers, frames and fields are ignored. Identical changes are merged automatically.