Hi Edward, I can certainly see your frustration. I only wanted to be sure that comments themselves aren't included when you reject a change. I believe it's possible they could be in the same block of text you reject, and in that case, the comments would be gone once you rejected the change.
The other case that I was trying to describe is that the comments are in the block of text you have not yet accepted, so they are not yet in the document, if you set the view to original showing markup (you did not say which of the tracked changes views you are using). If you're using original showing markup, then when window eyes goes to ask Word, via the object model interface, "what comments do you have?", Word would only list the ones for changes you've accepted. if you haven't accepted changes yet, then the comments aren't in the document in this view. if you switch to the other view, "final showing markup", then things should be much better. in this view the changes, including the comments, have been incorporated into the document by default, so Word will tell WE about them. if you reject a change, (which you can just as easily in this view I'm sure you know), then those comments with that change will disappear. Can you try this, using "final showing markup" view I mean, to see if things are better? please let us know. Chip ------------------------------ Chip Orange Database Administrator Florida Public Service Commission [email protected] (850) 413-6314 (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.) > -----Original Message----- > From: Edward Marquette [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 2:24 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Chip Orange > Subject: Comments in MS Word 2003 and Window-Eyes 7.01 > > Chip: > Part of the problem is that the comments disappear from the > Insert plus Tab dialog (I cannot remember the technical > Window-Eyes term) in a couple of situations: (i) when I've > copied the file and (ii) when I've accepted a part of the changes. > Often I'll mark-up a document using track changes and insert > comments as I go. Sometimes the comments relate to text that > remains, sometimes to text that has been added, and sometimes > to text that has been deleted. > The comments are used to explain why the particular text has > been added, deleted, or otherwise revised. This is helpful > for clients and is a good teaching tool for younger > associates. The comments seem "to stick" for sighted users, > even when the document is sent by email. > Indeed, the comments are still in the document. If I scroll > through the document, provided the verbosity setting is set > to read comments, the comments will be spoken. That part > never changes, even when the listing of comments in the > Insert Plus Tab dialog doesn't find any comments. > I can pretty much assure myself that the Insert plus Tab > dialog will miss comments if, after the document has been > reviewed by the client (or the other side in negotiations), I > start going through the document, accepting some changes and > declining others. > Usually, I'll go along for 4 or 5 paragraphs, rejecting > changes not agreed to and then, to clean up, highlight back > to the top of the document and accept the remaining changes. > Within the document itself, the comments will be unaffected, > whether in the part where I've highlighted and "accepted" > changes or in the part I've not yet "cleaned up." That is, > they are read when I scroll over them. But, the Insert plus > tab dialog says there are no commments. > It is the inconsistency between what appears in the document > and what doesn't appear in the Insert plus Tab dialog that is > so maddening. > I may just have to send a sample document to GW Micro -- > after stripping attorney-client confidential data. > > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message.
