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The article includes a macro for putting all your comments into a new
document for printing.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nancy Allison
> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 11:03 AM
> To: Techwr-l
> Subject: Word -- printing comments only
>
> I believe I have stumbled upon one of those Word features
> that has disappeared from one version of Word to the next.
>
> I want to print my comments only. I do NOT want to print
> every element of markup, including deletions, additions,
> and so on.
>
> I have Googled and searched, and I find nothing. There
> are plenty of old descriptions of how to select Options
> and click "Comments," but the Options tab no longer has
> that checkbox.
>
> If I open "Print what" my only choice is "markup," which
> gets me every last thing, which wastes, time, printer
> ink, paper, and my patience.
>
> To add insult to injury, even if I laboriously accept
> every change and THEN print markup, my comments print,
> but every page number is "1."
>
> It was such a useful feature to be able to print the
> comments only, along with their page numbers! What
> happened! More importantly, have you found a workaround?
>
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