Change Tracking

Track Changes is a way to keep track of the changes you make to a document. You can activate change tracking for the current document by choosing Edit+Track Changes or by clicking the Track Changes button located on the Author toolbar. When Track Changes is enabled your modifications will be highlighted using a distinctive color. The name of the author who is currently making changes and the colors can be customized from the Track Changes preferences page.

 

Figure 5.29. Change Tracking in <oXygen/> Author

Change Tracking in <oXygen/> Author

When hovering a change the tooltip will display information about the author and modification time.

If the selection in the Author contains track changes and you Copy it the clipboard will contain the selection with all the changes accepted. This filtering will happen only if the selection is not entirely inside a tracked change.

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For each change the author name and the modification time are preserved. The changes are stored in the document as processing instructions and they do not interfere with validating and transforming it.

 Managing changes

You can review the changes made by you or other authors and then accept or reject them using the Track Changes toolbar buttons or the similar actions from the Edit menu.

Track Changes

Enable or disable track changes for the current document.

Accept Change(s)

Accept the change located at the caret position or if a selection is available accept changes in the entire selected range. For an insert change this means keeping the inserted text and for a delete change this means removing the content from the document. The action is also available in the Author page contextual menu.

Reject Change(s)

Reject the change located at the caret position or if a selection is available reject changes in the entire selected range. For an insert change this means removing the inserted text and for a delete change this preserving the original content from the document. The action is also available in the Author page contextual menu.

Comment Change

You can decide to add additional comments to an already existing change. The additional description will appear on the tooltip when hovering the change and in the Manage Tracked Changes dialog when navigating changes. The action is also available in the Author page contextual menu.

Manage Tracked Changes

This is a way to find and manage all changes in the current document.

 

Figure 5.30. Manage Tracked Changes

Manage Tracked Changes


The dialog offers the following actions:

Next

Find the next change in the document.

Previous

Find the previous change in the document.

Accept

Accept the current change.

Reject

Reject the current change.

Accept All

Accept all changes in the document.

Reject All

Reject all changes in the document.

The dialog is not modal and it is reconfigured after switching between the dialog and one of the opened editors.