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Article ID: 834002 - Last Review: October 25, 2005 - Revision: 2.2
Track changes do not appear when you open a document that contains revisions in Word 2002
Important This article contains information about modifying the registry.
Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you
understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information
about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following
article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
256986Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=256986/
)
Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
When you open a document that contains revisions in
Microsoft Word 2002, track changes may not appear in any
Display for
Review (on the
Reviewing toolbar) view.
This problem occurs if you hide the revisions and then save
the document. To hide revisions, click
Show on the
Reviewing toolbar, and then click to clear each of the
following check boxes:
- Comments
- Insertions and Deletions
- Formatting
Note If the
Reviewing toolbar does not appear, point
to
Toolbars on the
View menu, and then click
Reviewing.
How to obtain the hotfix
This issue is fixed in the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 Hotfix Package May 5, 2004. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
830807Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=830807/
)
Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: May 5, 2004
After you install
this hotfix, follow the steps that are listed in the "More Information" section
of this article to set the ShowMarkupOpenSave registry key and to activate the
hotfix.
Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious
problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft
cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry
Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own
risk.
To activate this
hotfix, follow these steps:
- Quit Word 2002.
- Click Start, and then click
Run.
- In the Open box, type
regedit, and then click OK.
- Locate, and then click to select the following registry
key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Options
- After you select the key that is specified in step 4,
point to New on the Edit menu, and then click
DWORD Value.
- Type ShowMarkupOpenSave, and then
press ENTER.
- Right-click ShowMarkupOpenSave, and then
click Modify.
- In the Value data box, type
1, and then click OK.
- On the File menu, click
Exit to quit Registry Editor.
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition
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