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Is there an easy way to batch change a group of Track Changes edit and comment timestamps in Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac? Can I remove the timestamps altogether (ideally without removing my name)?
There are directions for Windows Word online, but they do not translate to the Mac version.
You can get pretty close to what you want by turning off balloons.
In the "Track Changes" section of Word's preferences, uncheck the button that says "Use balloons to display changes."
Now additions and deletions are shown inline, and comments are shown as highlights with a reference.
You can view the comments by hovering over the highlight.
Or, you can display the "Review Pane" and view the comments (with additions and deletions interspersed) over there. Less distracting than balloons, though.
Since the Windows version pre-loads some of the apps at boot time, here's how to do a comparison.
Also note that Office 2004 was written for PowerPC chips, but you're running it on an Intel Mac. That slows things down because Intel Macs have to translate all that PowerPC code into Intel code. If you upgrade to Office 2008 or 2011, you'll have an Intel version of Office for Mac, and it should run faster.
Best Answer
In addition to above:
In the word document click on Review, than Turn off track changes.
That solution only applies to curent document.
While I do not support faking documents (not showing that they have been revised), I leave that to your personal decision.
Here are some instructions batch processin for multiple files = Pick a date!
Creation Date – Multiple files How to change the creation date attribute of multiple files:
Note: changing the creation date attribute will also change the modified date attribute and set it the same as the creation date.
Make sure all the files you want changing are in the top directory of the same folder. Do not place files in this folder if you don’t want them to be modified. Start the Terminal application (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app) or if you prefer use iTerm.
Type the following in the command line, but do not hit enter/return.
Replace YYYYMMDDhhmm with the desired date information: touch –t YYYYMMDDhhmm
Open a Finder window and locate the folder containing the files you wish to modify. Drag and drop the folder into the Terminal window, the folder and path will be added to the end of the line you just typed.
Add /* to the end of the command. If you’re only targeting a specific file type include its extension (e.g. /*.jpg). Y
If all is in order press the enter/return key. The creation date should now be changed to the date specified above, as well as the last modified date, for all the files within that folder.
Modified Date – Multiple files How to change the last modified date attribute of multiple files:
Make sure all the files you want changing are in the top directory of the same folder. Do not place files in this folder if you don’t want them to be modified. Start the Terminal application (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app) or if you prefer use iTerm. Type the following in the command line, but do not hit enter/return. Replace YYYYMMDDhhmm with the desired date information: touch –mt YYYYMMDDhhmm Open a Finder window and locate the folder containing the files you wish to modify. Drag and drop the folder into the Terminal window, the folder and path will be added to the end of the line you just typed.
Add /* to the end of the command. If you’re only targeting a specific file type include its extension (e.g. /*.jpg).
If all is in order press the enter/return key. The last modified date should now be changed to the date specified above, for all the files within that folder.