Introduction to OpenOffice Writer 2.0
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Tracking Changes

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Tracking Changes

When multiple people are working on a document or project, Writer has a feature that allows changes in the document to be tracked by user. Go to EDIT, CHANGES, and select RECORD. Make sure that SHOW is also selected. This will highlight or underline changes added by other users, and the final editor of the document can review these changes and accept or reject them. By rolling the mouse over the changes, you can view who made the changes and when they were made. To accept or reject them, select ACCEPT or REJECT from the CHANGES menu. The editor will be able to see a pop-up window with a list of all changes that have been made by user, and they will have the option of accepting or rejecting each of them (figure 18).

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Figure 18


Writer also allows the option of protecting the document by setting a password to allow any changes to be made. This can be done by selecting PROTECT RECORDS from the CHANGES menu.

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