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Note
May 30, 2014 When using Word's Track Changes features, you need to know all the basics before you can put its advanced options to work for you. Microsoft Office Word 101: Use Track Changes more efficiently.
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- Apr 19, 2011 Today's post about track changes in Word is contributed by Louis Broome, a manager and writer for Office.com. To turn Track Changes off, on the Review tab, in the Tracking group, click the Track Changes button (the paper & pencil with the healthy orange glow, pictured below). Here's the relevant piece of Word real estate: Find out more.
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Symptoms
You are editing a Microsoft Word document that has Rights Management Services (RMS) applied to it and includes tracked changes. You notice that you cannot use Word's Track Changes feature. The Track Changes control, as well as the Accept and Reject changes controls are disabled.
This applies when the RMS is applied to individual documents or when RMS is applied to a SharePoint site library.
Cause
You will see this behavior when you don't have 'Full control' provided by Rights Management Services (RMS) for the user. A Microsoft Word file that contains tracked changes has the changes stored in a log within the file. In order to preserve the tracked changes log in a less than full control permissions scenario, the Track Changes and Accept Changes features are disabled for users who do not have 'Full control' in the My Permission dialog for the RMS protected document.
Resolution
This behavior is by design. To use Word's track changes feature with RMS, provide access level under RMS as 'Full control' for a user on an individual Word document or provide 'Full Control' for the user in the SharePoint document library permissions.
More Information
The following reviewing features are only available with 'Full control' permissions:
- Turning on or off Track Changes
- Delete Comments
- The Accept dropdown
- The Reject dropdown
Within the Track Changes dropdown, the Track Changes Options will be enabled, but within that dialog, the following two options will be disabled unless the user has Full Control permissions:
What Is Track Changes Microsoft Word
- Track moves
- Track formatting