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# Record Changes

Tracks each change that is made in the current document by author and date.

To access this command...

#### From the menu bar:

Choose Edit - Track Changes - Record.

#### From the tabbed interface:

Choose Review - Record.

#### From toolbars:

On the Track Changes toolbar, click

Record Changes

If you choose Edit - Track Changes - Show, the lines containing changed text passages are indicated by a vertical line in the left page margin. You can set the properties of the vertical line and the other markup elements by choosing LibreOfficeDev Writer - Changes in the Options dialog box.

You can set the properties of the markup elements by choosing LibreOfficeDev Calc - Changes in the Options dialog box.

The following changes are tracked when the record changes command is active:

- Paste and delete text.

- Move paragraphs.

- Sort text.

- Find and replace text.

- Insert attributes that are one character wide, for example, fields and footnotes.

- Insert sheets, ranges.

- Insert document.

- Insert AutoText.

- Insert from clipboard.

- Insert or delete images.

- Change cell contents by insertions and deletions.

- Insert or delete columns and rows.

- Insert sheets.

- Cut, copy and paste through the clipboard.

- Move by dragging and dropping.

When the record changes command is active, you cannot delete, move, merge, split, or copy cells or delete sheets.

Related Topics

Track Changes