Track Changes Feature

Is there or will there be a track changes-like feature or an
ability to compare different versions of the same document?

No specifics on a timeframe, but yes a 'diff' feature like
you described is on our list of future enhancements.

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Feature Request: support for Word's Track Changes feature

I love the iPad and Pages lets my wife and I use it to some extent for our jobs. However, the most useful feature for me in a document reader/creator would be the ability to track changes and have it be compatible with Word. I am a college professor, and I use this feature almost daily when grading student papers. If this were available on the iPad version of Pages, I could truly leave the laptop at home.

Why would it need to be compatible with Word? Why not use Pages' Track Changes feature and print the final version, with the comments and markup visible, to PDF? This is what I do. And it works just fine. I get a student once in a while who doesn't have Adobe Reader installed, but I have a FAQ item for that in the online course shell.

Word blacks out text; possibly related to Track Changes feature

(also posted to Microsoft Answers forum, but I suspect that this is going to need Pro assistance!)
I was editing a 150+ page document in Word 2007 (on Windows 7 PC with all updates applied). I'd already been working with the document for several hours when suddenly large chunks of the document were blacked out. Paging up or down eliminated the problem
momentarily, but further edits caused it to happen over and over again. Some squiggly underlines show through the black, but little else. We realized that it was happening when I had Track Changes on and displayed the changes in balloons rather than inline;
when I moved the mouse into the area where the balloons were displayed, that's when the text was blacked out.
We figured that the document was corrupted. However, this is also happening now with another document that's much shorter and far cleaner than the first one. The problem also occurs on PCs other than mine. I opened a clean template, pasted the
unformatted text from the source document into the clean template, and the problem persists in the new doc, so I don't think it's a problem with the documents -- or at least not solely.
We tried this on a newer PC with a ramped-up video card and got the same results. It has not happened (near as we can tell) with Track Changes turned off, but I must track the changes I make so working with TC off isn't an option.
Before anyone asks, I cannot provide a copy of any of the documents because they are strictly confidential.
TIA!

Hi,
I have tried in my Word 2007 with Track Changes and I cannot reproduce the issue.
Since you also tried in other files and PCs, so try to open the file in safe mode to check the issue.
For more information about safe mode, please refer to the link:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/excel/thread/cd010692-aac1-4ced-9bfa-37ff85dc3e2f
Jaynet Zhang
TechNet Community Support

Is there a way to retain the track changes from a Microsoft Word document when working on a IPAD word processing App?

I am going on a work trip and want to be able to collaborate with my colleagues, almost all of whom will be using Microsoft Word on Microsoft Windows laptops and I want to draft and collaborate on documents. The approach we always take to such collaboration is to use the track changes feature in Microsoft Word that shows changes and who made the changes.As best I could tell apples Pages software ignores the notations added by the track changes features and accepts all changes to the document making it difficult to see what changes were made and by whom.
I would appreciate any suggestions to address this challenge.

I noted from some similar topics that Pages seems to support track changes but that while it reflects deletions made in Microsoft Word, it does not appear to show them -- is there a way to fix this problem?

Track changes showing multiple entries for a single change?

Hi there .. I'm using Pages '09 v4.1 to edit MS Word '97 documents. I've been using the 'track changes' feature to work on chapters in a book and have done so with no problems so far (about 6 chapters so far in separate files). I went to start the next chapter and noticed that when I make a single change such as highlighting a word and making it italic, the tracking bubbles will show up as individual entries for every letter instead of for a single word. The really annoying thing is that it's not consistent .. some whole-word changes show up as a single entry, while some show as a few entries but don't necessarily correspond to how many letters are in the word being changed. When I try deleting specific tracking bubbles to see which part of the word they correspond to, it varies. For example, if I put the word "similar" in italics on page one, paragraph one, it shows up as 2 entries. When I delete the last entry, "imilar" will go back to standard font, while "s" stays italic until I delete the other entry. It's as though the words in the document are being recognized based on something other than the obvious, and certain letters are being grouped together in the program's brain, while others are separate.
It's not isolated to italics, btw. If I reformat the entire document to be left-aligned instead of center-aligned, it will show lots of separate tracking bubbles in various places through the document, rather than showing one bubble for my single change.
I've tried duplicating and saving a new version of the document, as well as creating a new doc and pasting everything into that and saving as a new doc, though I wasn't sure if this would carry over the problem .. It did.
It's not the end of the world as far as finishing this job, but it's pretty annoying and will be worse for the person who ultimately verifies the changes I've made. Any help is greatly appreciated.

TekWarrior wrote:
I'm part of the end user computing and we are in the process of making a consolidated tnsnames.ora file as part of our migration from Windows XP to 7.
The following two entries are to the same host, but are named different and use different ports, we can't locate the original programmer that set it up.
I need to know if this would cause conflicts or not?
PYRPROD.WORLD =
(DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS_LIST =
      (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(Host = [same hostname])(Port = 1521))
    (CONNECT_DATA =
      (SID = pyrp1)
PYRP1 =
(DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS_LIST =
      (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = [same hostname])(PORT = 1526))
    (CONNECT_DATA =
      (SERVICE_NAME = pyrp1)
TekWarrior wrote:
I'm part of the end user computing and we are in the process of making a consolidated tnsnames.ora file as part of our migration from Windows XP to 7.
The following two entries are to the same host, but are named different and use different ports, we can't locate the original programmer that set it up.
I need to know if this would cause conflicts or not?
PYRPROD.WORLD =
(DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS_LIST =
      (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(Host = [same hostname])(Port = 1521))
    (CONNECT_DATA =
      (SID = pyrp1)
PYRP1 =
(DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS_LIST =
      (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = [same hostname])(PORT = 1526))
    (CONNECT_DATA =
      (SERVICE_NAME = pyrp1)
It won't cause any problem.

Co-author cannot access track change and add/delete scenes

My co-author cannot access track change or add/delete scenes. Is it a bug or is there a setting that I did not set correctly. I shared the document as co-author several times with the same results. Any help would be appreciated Thank you Brice

Hi there,
Unfortunately, currently only owner of the document has the right to turn on/off track changes or accept/reject changes. Co-author can still view the document as Original or Final from Review menu or even navigate through the changes using Next Change/Previous Change. Extending the track changes rights to co-author as well is being considered on our backlog of items to do.
Meanwhile, the co-author should still be able to go ahead and edit existing text, add new text, delete existing text and it should be getting tracked.
Do keep providing us your feedback on the track changes feature. Your feedback is extremely important to us and helps us to improve.
Thanks
Adobe Story Team

FrameMaker 8 Track Changes - Customize?

Oh, I was so excited when FrameMaker 8 came out with track changes feature. and oh, was I disappointed when I got a trial copy and found out that I cannot find a way to customize the way those changes are displayed. It appears that deletions and insertions in FM 8 are just "system" conditional text, why would I not be able to customize it? If I want my inserted text to appear in fuchsia, I can't do it! If I only want to show insertions and hide deletions, I can't do that either. That's one thing that MS Word has over FM. Unless, I'm missing something?.........
BTW, I'm using standard FrameMaker on Win XP Pro

Hi,
Does the keyboard work well when the Track changes turned off? We may try some methods to check they are helpful:
Delete the Word Data registry subkey
Delete the Word Data registry subkey
Rename the Normal.dot or Normal.dotm global template file
Disable the Startup folder add-ins
Delete the COM add-ins registry keys
Repair for your Office suites in Control panel>Program and features>Office>Change>Repair
Start Word in
safe mode
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921541/en-us
Since the program occurred after the update, please share me your Office 2013 version number (File\Account\About) and the update history list (Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Windows Update\View update history)? We may remove it
one by one and check if the update is causing the issue. I also will monitor if other customer encounter the issue in the forum.
Thanks,
George Zhao
Forum Support
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Need to change name on Track Changes

I purchased this MAC all-in-one from my nephew, and although he has deleted his name as the owner, his last name keeps showing up as the person who makes suggestions in Track Changes. I need to eliminate him and add my name, but I can't figure out how to do it. Help?
Mizging

If you're asking about Microsoft Word's "Track Changes" feature, you'll need to change Word's preferences. Look under Preferences > User Information.

Share track changes?

is there any way that i can use the track changes feature in CS6 to display changes to my client using the cloud? for instance, is there any way to post the story editor version of a document to the cloud? or can you capture story editor updates in a PDF? client doesn't have indesign capabilities, and it would be great to find a way to share editorial changes made in the layout.
any suggestions greatly appreciated.
nita congress
[email protected]

Hello,
You could also look at.
http://www.kerntiff.co.uk/products-4-indesign/editmarks
The Lite version is free.
P.

Pages "Track Changes" does not work when working in cells in a document

While attempting to edit a WORD file (converted to Pages for my macbook) it was discovered that the Track Changes feature will not register if the changes are inside a "cell" in the file. The RFP I am trying to respond to is made up of multiple columns and rows. Anytime you make a change inside the columns or rows the "Track Changes" does not record the change. Outside of the columns/rows it works perfectly.
I download the most recent OS and Pages file last week. The issue started then.
Has anyone had this issue before?

Yes.

How to track changes between documents

We are trying to find ways to track/compare changes between two or more versions of an InDesign document. We need to be able to store these version changes in a master version tracking document. We know InDesign can track text changes in a story but we need to know more than that, like graphic or style changes. Is there a plugin out there that can compare two versions of an InDesign document and list/print out the differences? Acrobat has this feature but we haven't found this for InDesign. Any suggestions?

Hello,
I hesitated to post the plugins because my company is the publisher of one of them.
You will find them all at:
http://www.pluginsworld.com/
Search for BlackLining from EMS, CtrlChanges from Ctrl Publishing and EditMarks BlackLining from Kerntiff Publishing Systems.
We are responsible for EditMarks.
As I said we do not track changes to objects.
All the best.
P.
( I am not connect to pluginsworld in any way )

How can I export comments and tracked changes from Pages to Word?

I just purchased Pages and tried to export a couple pages of my document to Microsoft Word so I could send them for review to a client who does not have Pages; however, when I copy-pasted into Word, none of the comments or tracked changes showed up in the doc., only the finished product. I've tried updating my software, but that hasn't worked. Is there a way to fix this?

Here is what the Pages User Guide says:
" Exporting Pages Documents to Other File Formats
If you want to share your Pages documents with those who aren’t using the latest version of Pages, you can export your document to file formats that they may be able to use on their computers or other devices:
• PDF: You can view PDF files in iBooks, and view or print them in Preview and Safari. You can edit them with a PDF application. Fonts used in the Pages document are preserved in the PDF file.
Hyperlinks in your Pages document are exported to the PDF file. Hyperlinks are also created in the PDF file for table of contents entries, footnotes and endnotes, webpages, email addresses, and bookmarks.
• Microsoft Word: You can open and edit Microsoft Word files in Microsoft Word on a computer running Mac OS X or Windows.
Because of text layout differences between Microsoft Word and Pages, an exported Word document may contain a different number of pages than its Pages counterpart. You may notice other differences, as well, for example, table layouts and some special typographic features may not be identical. Some graphics (particularly those using transparency) may not display as well. Charts created in Pages appear as MS Graph objects, which you can edit in Microsoft Word.
• RTF: You can open and edit RTF files in many different word processors. RTF files retain most of the text formatting and graphics.
• Plain text: You can open and edit plain text files in many text editing applications, such as TextEdit. Exporting to plain text removes all document and text formatting, and images aren’t exported.Â ePub: You can open ePub files for reading in the iBooks application on an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch, or in any ePub file reader. After you export your document to ePub format, you must transfer it to your device to read it in iBooks. To learn more about optimizing a document for ePub format, exporting it, and transferring it to your device, see “Creating an ePub Document to Read in iBooks” on page 257.
If your Pages document is password-protected, the password-protection is removed from the new file that's created upon export. However, if you export to the PDF file format, you can apply a new password at the time of export. "

MS Word Track Changes and Acrobat Merge into a Single PDF

I am using Word 2007 to create a group of about 50 files that are being collected with Acrobat 9 Standard Merge Files Into a Single PDF feature. I need to control whether the track changes in the word files are carried over to the PDF. Said another way, I want a singe PDF with the track changes showing and another PDF witht he track changes off. Currently, the track changes are being filtered out (accepted) in the merged document. Strangely, when printing a single document with track changes, the track changes show in the PDF.
I understand I could print each of my 50 files individually and then collect them with the merge feature, but I am hoping to take advantage of the automation.
How do I control the track changes printing / not printing?
Thanks for the help!

Thank you for the comment! If this is the best Acrobat can do, I will just have to lower my expectation.

Track Changes colors not working when story contains table

Can anyone duplicate this problem/bug, or let me know if it is just my machine?
Steps to reproduce
Make sure your Edit > Preferences > Story Editor has non-black text colors defined for Added Text, Deleted Text, and Moved Text.
Create document, and draw a text box
Inside the text box, Right-click > Fill with Placeholder Text
With the cursor in the text box, turn on Track Changes and Show Changes from the Track Changes pallette:
Open the Story Editor with Ctrl/Cmd-Y
Cut/paste, delete, and insert some text.
Confirm colors appear in Story Editor as defined in step 1:
Now insert a table anywhere in the story. For me, all non-black text coloring (bg stays fine) disappears:
Is this an InDesign bug, or something I'm experiencing on my own machine? I've been able to duplicate the issue in InDesign CS6, InDesign CC and InCopy CC on my Win7 Pro 64-bit machine.

I'd recommend filing a bug report here to make sure it gets reported:
Adobe - Feature Request/Bug Report Form

Still no "track changes" in Pages?

I'm seriously considering switching to Mac and would like to leave MS completely behind. So I'm doing my research on potential problems I will encounter.
As I understand it, "track changes" is not available in Pages. Is this correct? I really need this functionality for working with someone who translates my documents into another language.
Thanks.

Welcome to Apple Discussions Ron
Pages 2 has a comment feature, allowing you to attach notes to text. Most home/educational/small office users (the target audience for Pages) probably doesn't need more than that.

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