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MS Word tracked changes –> character style?

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    • May 9, 2017 at 7:38 am #94373
      AaronA
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      Anyone know of a way to map all the tracked changes to a character style – either in Word or InDesign? I have an odd client request to show their latest edits (provided in Word using tracked changes) as highlighted inside the designed file.

    • May 9, 2017 at 11:35 am #94380
      Kai Rübsamen
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      We had last week a similiar issue: https://creativepro.com/topic/apply-color-to-all-tracked-changes-in-story-editor

    • May 9, 2017 at 7:03 pm #94411
      AaronA
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      Thanks Kai. I saw that post but didn’t quite follow it.

      Those script solutions only apply to changes made within InDesign, right? Whereas I need to style changes applied in Word. (I admit I’m not experienced with the TC feature inside InDesign, but it looks quite basic.)

    • May 9, 2017 at 7:31 pm #94412
      AaronA
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      OK, I went back to that post and now it makes sense. Tried your script: brilliant!

      In case this helps anyone else parse that post: Kai’s script cleverly applies a condition (using Conditional Text feature) to the tracked changes, which colors them with a highlight.

      In the Place dialogue, you can choose to keep Word’s tracked changes, and they remain tagged as such in ID.

      Thanks again, Kai!

    • May 10, 2017 at 1:06 pm #94446
      Lapin Crétin
      Member

      Hi!

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