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Tracking text changes

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Tracking text changes

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My co-worker sent me this InDesign file so that I could make some edits to the text. But they want to see what have changed, is that possible? Absolutely! As long as I use InDesign's Track Changes feature. The Track Changes feature lives inside the Track Changes panel, and you can find that of course up in the Window menu. It's a little bit hidden. You'll have to go to the Editorial sub-menu and then choose Track Changes. There are a couple of things you need to know about Track Changes. First, Track Changes only works on a story by story basis. That is, you can have Track Changes turned on for one text frame and not for another. The second thing you need to know about Track Changes is that before you use it, you must go to the File Menu and choose User. The User dialog box is the way that you tell InDesign who you are, what's your name. If you don't type your name, InDesign's just going to assign you this name called Unknown User Name, and that's not really helpful to anybody. So…

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