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Possibility of tracking changes in MS PowerPoint 2010
Thread poster: Sarah McDowell
Sarah McDowell Canada Local time: 12:05 Member (2012) Russian to English + ...
Apr 25, 2013
I recently completed a large editing project in MS PowerPoint. It would have been nice to be able to track changes, like in MS Word. As far as I know this feature is not possible. The only thing that I was able to do was to have the original file open on one monitor and the edited version open on another computer.
So I would like to know if anyone has any type of solution to this problem. Are there any utilities or add-on options for PowerPoint that make it possible to track changes... See more
I recently completed a large editing project in MS PowerPoint. It would have been nice to be able to track changes, like in MS Word. As far as I know this feature is not possible. The only thing that I was able to do was to have the original file open on one monitor and the edited version open on another computer.
So I would like to know if anyone has any type of solution to this problem. Are there any utilities or add-on options for PowerPoint that make it possible to track changes? What do we do if the client needs to see the changes that have been made?
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Javier Wasserzug United States Local time: 10:05 English to Spanish + ...
export?
Apr 26, 2013
I do not know, but maybe you could export the PPT and save it in a format where you can compare the two??
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LEXpert United States Local time: 12:05 Member (2008) Croatian to English + ...
CAT tool?
Apr 26, 2013
A CAT tool with change tracking mode (Studio 2011, not sure about others) would let you do that, albeit outside of the ppt environment.
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Jessica Noyes United States Local time: 13:05 Member Spanish to English + ...
highlight
Apr 26, 2013
Until you get the high tech answer you are seeking, I will mention what I did when editing for a client: I highlighted the changed words with a simple code -- pink highlight for deleted and green for added or similar. It was all I knew how to do, and we did several different jobs like that. Meanwhile, Good luck!
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Sarah McDowell Canada Local time: 12:05 Member (2012) Russian to English + ...
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Thanks everyone!
Apr 26, 2013
Thank you for your help. Thanks for your idea of using a CAT tool Rudolf but this was an editing project, not translation so I am not sure a CAT tool would be helpful in this case.
I appreciate the advice. It's too bad that Microsoft hasn't invented a "track changes" feature for PowerPoint like they have in Word. Such a feature would be extremely helpful.
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Phong Le Vietnam Local time: 00:05 Vietnamese + ...
Save as to word or txt file
Apr 27, 2013
Temp solution:
I saved as to word file and turn on track change and do (need to check, a few data loosed). change and then copy back to ppt.
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