Robin is looking for a way to notify users, when a document is opened, as to whether there are any tracked changes in the document. This is not a standard feature of Word, but it can be added easily enough with an AutoOpen macro. If you want the macro to simply indicate whether Track Changes is turned on, you can use the following:
Sub AutoOpen() If ActiveDocument.TrackRevisions = True Then MsgBox "Track Changes is On." End If End Sub
Note that this macro doesn't let you know if there are actually any changes in the document, so it doesn't help in the situation where Track Changes is turned off, but unresolved changes from a previous editing session still exist. In that case, you need to expand the macro slightly.
Sub AutoOpen() On Error Resume Next If ActiveDocument.TrackRevisions = True Then MsgBox "Track Changes is On" With ActiveWindow.View .ShowRevisionsAndComments = True .RevisionsView = wdRevisionsViewFinal End With Exit Sub End If If ActiveDocument.Revisions.Count > 0 Then MsgBox "Document contains revisions" With ActiveWindow.View .ShowRevisionsAndComments = True .RevisionsView = wdRevisionsViewFinal End With Exit Sub End If End Sub
This version of the macro checks two conditions, displaying a message box if Track Changes is turned on and also displaying a message box if there are any changes existing in the document. In both cases, the macro also changes the view of the document so that changes are visible on-screen.
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