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Is it possible to copy and paste track changes? in Word General Questions

8/19/2006 8:00 PM PST

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	I need to copy and paste text with the track changes in place....when I copy and paste, the track changes automatically are accepted. What can I do? Thanks,

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Suzanne S. Barnhill

8/19/2006 8:28 PM PST

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There's a trick to this, and I never remember what it is, but Shauna will
tell you; see
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/trackchanges/HowTrackChangesWorks.html

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Glow Girl" <Glow Girl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FD370801-1FBC-4249-9B96-9237E04ACA8A@microsoft.com...
> I need to copy and paste text with the track changes in place....when I
copy
> and paste, the track changes automatically are accepted. What can I do?
> Thanks,

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James

7/14/2009 1:49 AM PST

Just in case any other poor sod is wasting hours on this in Word 2007, if the
track changes are in a table, there doesn't seem to be any way of preserving
changes during a paste, even if you paste within the same document. Tried
every permutation of TRK enabled disabled with Smart Paste Options enabled
disabled and Source / Destination formatting. Haven't tried inserting from a
file as quite frankly it's quicker to apply my preferred solution.

The Solution? Get back to Word 2003.

James

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> There's a trick to this, and I never remember what it is, but Shauna will
> tell you; see
> http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/trackchanges/HowTrackChangesWorks.html
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
> all may benefit.
>
> "Glow Girl" <Glow Girl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FD370801-1FBC-4249-9B96-9237E04ACA8A@microsoft.com...
> > I need to copy and paste text with the track changes in place....when I
> copy
> > and paste, the track changes automatically are accepted. What can I do?
> > Thanks,
>
>

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Stefan Blom

7/14/2009 5:45 AM PST

Have you tested the workaround suggested in the article that Suzanne linked
to? As far as I can tell, it still works in Word 2007.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

"James" <James@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:266DAE07-9875-4F96-BB6B-C90C0A828676@microsoft.com...
> Just in case any other poor sod is wasting hours on this in Word 2007, if
> the
> track changes are in a table, there doesn't seem to be any way of
> preserving
> changes during a paste, even if you paste within the same document. Tried
> every permutation of TRK enabled disabled with Smart Paste Options enabled
> disabled and Source / Destination formatting. Haven't tried inserting from
> a
> file as quite frankly it's quicker to apply my preferred solution.
>
> The Solution? Get back to Word 2003.
>
> James
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
>> There's a trick to this, and I never remember what it is, but Shauna will
>> tell you; see
>> http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/trackchanges/HowTrackChangesWorks.html
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
>> so
>> all may benefit.
>>
>> "Glow Girl" <Glow Girl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:FD370801-1FBC-4249-9B96-9237E04ACA8A@microsoft.com...
>> > I need to copy and paste text with the track changes in place....when I
>> copy
>> > and paste, the track changes automatically are accepted. What can I do?
>> > Thanks,
>>
>>

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Ivan

3/23/2007 7:57 AM PST

	Good Morning I found a work around in Tech Net Article Article ID : 917636, you basically close down tracking and then copy it. Ivan from Canada "Glow Girl" wrote: > I need to copy and paste text with the track changes in place....when I copy > and paste, the track changes automatically are accepted. What can I do? > Thanks,

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kirby2fun

11/17/2008 7:02 PM PST

	We have found the best way is to save the document, or at least the section you want, with the track changes and do a file insert into the document you want to add the changes to. The tracking still appears. "Glow Girl" wrote: > I need to copy and paste text with the track changes in place....when I copy > and paste, the track changes automatically are accepted. What can I do? > Thanks,

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grammatim

11/17/2008 8:39 PM PST

So long as Track Changes is turned off in the recipient document!

On Nov 17, 10:03 pm, kirby2fun <kirby2...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> We have found the best way is to save the document, or at least the section
> you want, with the track changes and do a file insert into the document you
> want to add the changes to. The tracking still appears.
>
>
>
> "Glow Girl" wrote:
> > I need to copy and paste text with the track changes in place....when I copy
> > and paste, the track changes automatically are accepted. What can I do?
> > Thanks,-

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