Review Track Changes Author

When working on a document in Track Changes mode and wanting to add further changes , Word is stating that I am the 'author' which is incorrect. I write or change something and it comes up as blue and with my name which is correct, however as soon as I
save this it then changes back to 'author' and red. making all changes by all users the same. Please help as we need the old way of reviewing, ie. different colours and different names issues to changes. All settings are correct for user name etc.

What you describe suggests that someone has run the Document Inspector on the document and selected the option to remove personal information. Once this has been done, reviewer names will be removed each time you reopen the document. To prevent this from
happening, clear "Remove personal information from file properties on save"; assuming that you are using Word 2010 or 2013, you'll find the option at File tab | Options | Trust Center | Trust Center Settings | Privacy Options.
Stefan Blom, Microsoft Word MVP

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You could do that with a macro, such as:
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The above macro deals with insertions, deletions and moves. There are numerous other revision types that might also need to be dealt with - I'll leave it to your organization to code for them. Change 'My Company' to whatever name you want to use.
Cheers
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[MS MVP - Word]

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I have made one set of changes in a doc in blue. I now want to add a second set of changes without eliminating or changing the first set. Can I add the 2nd set of changes in a new color ...e.g. green, while still keeping the first set of changes in blue?

Look page #71 in Pages User Guide.
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Apologies for posting about non-apple software. Just hoping someone can help:
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Has anyone experienced this? Someone sent me a file with changes made using the "track changes" option. The file shows those changes perfectly on a PPC Mac. But on my MBP, the changes are not visible. I've done the obvious stuff -- the option to "highlight changes on screen" is selected, but it neither highlights on the screen nor when I print it.

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Is it possible to hide the tracked changes for one (or more) reviewer(s) while showing the tracked changes from one (or more) other reviewer(s)?

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I saw a thread from several years back saying this wasn't possible, but am hoping this has been fixed in the meantime. Might anyone know? This feature is so very annoying. Thank you.

Authors can have different colors so why not just change Author for each version?
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