Re: Accurate Usage of Track Changes in merged documents

As I mentioned the ability to show the Comments pane is not available as a
command in the interface -- there is no longer a standard command. It used
to be in previous versions of Word but when they revamped the Track Changes
feature they removed it. However, the command is still available using VBA
and the only way to show the Comments pane when you want is to use a macro.
The macro only needs to be created once and assigned to a button on your
toolbar. (This is covered in the article I cited for how to use the macro.)
Then whenever you want to view Comments pane you click the button.

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Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton
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Guides for the Office 2007 Interface:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102295841033.aspx

"Sharad" <Sharad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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No. I didnot. Our group would not be interested in trying the macro for
each
document that we work on. As I mentioned in my past response, I could see
the
pane by reviewer at the bottom of the page when I search a word that is
also
in comments. But I do not know a standard command to get the same pane.

Sharad

"Beth Melton" wrote:

Did you try the macro I provided in my last reply? You can use it to
display
the Comments pane.

"Sharad" <Sharad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello Beth:
Thanks.
How do I get a screen at the bottom of a page in MS Word document that
shows
following (the entire page in this docuement gets divided into 2
sections):
Comments from: Name of the reviewer in a drop down menu. I could select
here
either Individual reviewer or All reviewers (using the drop down menu)
and
I
would see their comments. I could get this scrren when I search a word
in
this document and if that word is happen to be in the comments made by
the
reviewer. I donot know the command or option to get this screen?

Thanks

"Beth Melton" wrote:

You're welcome. Sorry if I was being a bit thick-headed and not
understanding what you were looking for. :-)

Regarding your question about transferring comments, Word 2000 had a
Comments Pane you can use to display all comments or by reviewer. You
can
use that pane to copy the comments and paste them in another document.
I
don't know if this command is still available for adding to a toolbar
(perhaps someone with Word prior to 2007 can check for you) but I know
it
can still be viewed using a macro. Something like:

Sub ViewCommentsPane()
If Documents.Count > 0 Then
If ActiveDocument.Comments.Count > 0 Then
ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.View.SplitSpecial = wdPaneComments
Else
MsgBox "No comments found in the active document", vbInformation
End If
End If
End Sub

For instructions on how to use a macro see this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913759





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