WD: Revision Bars Display and Print in Wrong Location

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

If you have "Highlight Changes On Screen" or "Highlight Changes in Printed Document" selected, revision bars (also called "revised lines") may display or print in an unexpected location.

Case 1

Right Border revision bars appear on the left side of text except in page layout view, online layout, and print preview.

Case 2

If the document's text or table cells extend into the margins (as with a negative left or right paragraph indent), the revision bars are printed over the top of the text that extends into the margins.

Case 3

When a document is formatted with multiple columns and you specify Left Border revision marks, the revision bars are displayed on the left of each column but are printed along the left edge of the page instead of along the left side of the edited column.

When a document is formatted with multiple columns and you specify right Border revision marks, the revision bars appear on the right of each column but are printed along the right edge of the page.

CAUSE/WORKAROUND/STATUS

Case 1 (Right revision bars appear on left)

   Cause
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   This behavior is by design. Word displays right revision bars on the
   right side of a document in page layout view and in online layout view
   which is designed to display text as it prints. In all other views,
   Word displays revision bars to the left of the text to make editing
   easier.

   Resolution
   ----------

   To view the right revision bars, switch to page layout view or online
   layout view.

Case 2 (Revision bars print over text in margin)

Workaround

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   Modify the text so that it does not extend into the margin.

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   Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
   listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem
   and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it
   becomes available.

Case 3 (Revision lines print only along left column)

   Workaround
   ----------

   There is no workaround currently available.


   Status
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   Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here
   in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

To turn on Track Changes in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows, do the following:

1. On the Tools menu, point to Track Changes and then click Highlight Changes.

2. Click to select the Track Changes While Editing check box.

3. Click OK.

1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Track Changes tab.

2. Under Changed Lines, click the option box for Mark. Your choices are:

         (none)
         Left border
         Right border
         Outside border
   

   ARTICLE-ID: Q126930 (Word 95 and prior for Windows and Macintosh)
   TITLE     : Revision Bars Display and Print in Wrong Location

Keywords          : kbformat
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix