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Fill in this information and make corrections as needed. No other fields in User Information need to be adjusted in order to use track changes.Click OK to save your changes and close the pane.Sometimes IT departments clone Office installations, and everyone winds up with the same name or no name at all. Word can’t detect different users if two or more people have the same name in the User Information preferences.So how do you turn on the Track Changes feature for a document? Click the Ribbon’s Review tab, find the Tracking group. Click the Track Changes button to toggle tracking on or off.Here’s a second way to activate track changes in Word 2011 for Mac.
Here is the only way I was able to solve this problem. As a freelance editor, my jobs require that my Reviewer name be anonymous. I had to create a New User and login using that name in order for it to show up as the alternate reviewer name. My machine is currently running OS 10.9.5, Mavericks.1. Go to System Preferences2. Go to Users and Groups3.
Learn how to accept and reject track changes changes in Microsoft Word — 2011 (Mac). Here are the steps: Open your MacOS Microsoft Word 2020 and Turn Track Changes on First, open your Microsoft Word document and on the Review tab, turn Track Changes function on. Make sure that Track Changes is switched on, as in the screenshot below.
Bottom left, click on 'Click the lock to make changes.' It will ask for your password.4. The left panel is now accessible.5. Under the 'Login Options' click on the '+' to add a user account.6. When adding the new account, I made it an 'Administrator' account using the first tab in the new window.7. You can then name the account (name desired for your Reviewer comments), add password.8.
Log out as current user and login with alternate account. The name of the new account will show up as the Reviewer name.The only downside is that you need to create everything anew, as far as I can tell, as this new account is a new, independent user. Therefore, I had to email the docs to myself, then using the new account login to my email, download the docs, and go. If anyone can find an easier path, I would appreciate it. As many others have noted, simply changing the name in Word did not solve the problem.
Thank you, after a frustrating hour of changing it, and it still reverting back to my ex-boyfriend's name, which I have no clue how his name ever got associated with my Word program to begin with. But I went through the process you described above. Got to the blank/new account and realized Microsoft Office wasn't installed. I decided I'm just going to have to make the changes with my Ex's name showing, and went back to my normal account. I decided to change the preferences once more, and this time it saved it in my name.So.
Follow the above stepsGo back to original loginOpen DocumentClick ReviewClick Show Mark UpClick PreferencesClick in the search bar to bring it to a different screenClick on User Information under Personal SettingsEnter your namePress Ok. Apple Footer.This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only. Apple may provide or recommend responses as a possible solution based on the information provided; every potential issue may involve several factors not detailed in the conversations captured in an electronic forum and Apple can therefore provide no guarantee as to the efficacy of any proposed solutions on the community forums. Apple disclaims any and all liability for the acts, omissions and conduct of any third parties in connection with or related to your use of the site. All postings and use of the content on this site are subject to the.
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