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Subject:FW: Tracking tracked changes in Word From:"EXT-Hornoi-Centerwall, Theodore" <Theodore -dot- Hornoi-Centerwall -at- PSS -dot- Boeing -dot- com> To:"'TECHWR-L'" <TECHWR-L -at- LISTS -dot- RAYCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 7 Jun 2000 12:00:03 -0700
Mandy Wells wrote:
> Hello Whr-lers
> So I've just finished a document in Word that has been back and forth
> between me and the boss several times with the changes marked. In the final
> document, I've accepted or rejected all the changes, making them the regular
> text. Now that we're ready to send it off to the client, would the client
> be able to monkey around and view the tracked changes that are no longer a
> visible part of the document?
>
> Wondering,
> Mandy
*****
> Mandy,
>
> This has been discussed before in TECHWR-L (when, I'm not sure) and from what I recall, the best solution against a (potential) recovery of your tracked changes is to save the file as an RTF, and then resave it as a Word doc under a different name. I'm sorry to not provide more details, but I think that is what will prevent any possibility of the customer looking at your work process.
>
> If any of this is not exactly accurate, would somebody on the list please correct me.
>
> Thanks, and I hope this helps.
>
> Ted Hornoi-Centerwall
>
> The opinions I express are mine, and mine alone.
>
