How change tracking is displayed, Show or hide changes, Turn off change tracking – Adobe InDesign CS5 User Manual
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How change tracking is displayed
When Track Changes is turned on, each change is marked by default as follows in Story Editor (InDesign) or in Galley
and Story views (InCopy):
The Track Changes section of the Preferences dialog box lets you choose a color to identify your changes. It also lets
you select which changes (adding, deleting, or moving text) you want tracked and the appearance of tracking.
Added text
Highlighted.
Deleted text
Highlighted and marked with a strikethrough.
Moved (cut-and-pasted) text
Highlighted and marked with a strikethrough in its original location; highlighted and
boxed in the new location.
Note: If you cut text from one document and paste it into another, it is displayed as deleted text in the document of its
original location and as added text in its new location.
Copied text
Highlighted in the new location. The original text is unchanged.
Change bars
A change bar is a vertical line that appears to the left of a line of text that has been changed. You can
choose whether to show or hide change bars as you work. You can also specify what color to use for displaying the
change bars.
Show or hide changes
When changes are hidden, the text appears as it would with the change-tracking feature turned off. That is, added text
is visible, deleted text is invisible, and moved or pasted text appears where it has been inserted.
(InDesign) When change-tracking is turned on, editing is tracked regardless of whether you work in Story Editor or
in the document layout. You can view changes only in Story Editor, not in the layout.
(InCopy) When change-tracking is turned on, editing is tracked regardless of whether you work in Galley, Story, or
Layout view. You can view changes only in the Galley and Story views, not the Layout view.
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In the Track Changes panel (InDesign) or the Track Changes toolbar (InCopy), click the Show/Hide Changes
button
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Turn off change tracking
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With the insertion point in text, do any of the following:
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To disable change-tracking in only the current story, click the Disable Track Changes In Current Story icon
.
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(InDesign) To disable tracking in all stories, choose Disable Track Changes In All Stories from the Track
Changes panel menu.
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(InCopy) To disable tracking in all open stories in a multistory document, choose Changes
> Disable Tracking
In All Stories.
Note: If you disable tracking, no further changes are tracked. Previously tracked changes are not affected.
Accept and reject changes
When changes have been made to a story, whether by you or by others, the change-tracking feature enables you to
review all changes and decide whether to incorporate them into the story. You can accept or reject single changes, only
portions of a tracked change, or all changes at once.