get rid of change bars in a document someone else created in Word.

[Guest]

I have a Word doc someone created but I'm not sure in which version. It has
change bars on some of the lines and I need to get rid of them. I am using
Word 2002 on Win XP Pro. I tried going into Show-->Options-->Changed Lines
and turning that off, but they're still there. I even tried
rejecting/deleting all changes in the doc but it tells me there aren't any. I
need to reissue this aircraft manual as a revision and it can't have change
bars in it. How in the heck do I get rid of them?

HELP!!!

 

[Jay Freedman]

If there aren't any changes to reject, then they aren't change bars.
Try clicking on one to see if it might be a drawing object -- if it
grows square "handles" at the ends, just hit Delete.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If what you did didn't affect them then they're not actually change bars
inserted by Track Changes. Instead, they must be borders or graphic lines
applied/inserted manually.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

Hi - I checked the document and it doesn't appear that the "change bars" are
graphic in nature (can't "grab" them) or that the text is set up in a table
and the cells set to show borders on the one side. It *does* seem that the
bars are created along the (outside) page margins themselves. Is it possible
to rule or "border" only parts of the page margin?!

Thanks again!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You're sure these are not paragraph borders?

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

Well I'll be, who'd a thunk it (not ME obviously)?! That's what they are!
What a weird way of putting in change bars. This whole document I inherited
was built incorrectly, and it's making it a real time-consuming task to
update it.

Thanks Suzanne for your answer!!!

Regards,
Womquat

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Assuming that the border is not part of the paragraph style, clicking in the
paragraph and pressing Ctrl+Q will remove it. If this wreaks havoc with the
rest of the paragraph formatting (as well it may if the whole document is
direct-formatted Normal), click on the Borders button on the Formatting
toolbar and select No Border. This will then be the default action of that
button until you change it.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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