# MS Word Question:  track changes not really tracking

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-question-track-changes-not-really-tracking/333075>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 28, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-question-track-changes-not-really-tracking/333075 "2005-11-28T17:17:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![mazinger\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mazinger\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mazinger_z)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-question-track-changes-not-really-tracking/333075/1 "2005-11-28T17:17:15Z")

</div>

Aargh! I just spent all morning working on this albeit small agreement, some odd 45 pages. My changes were in blue, theirs were in green. Fine enough. Then, I go and save, and now all of the changes are in green. I place my cursor over it and instead of my company’s name, it says “Author inserted.” I’ve been fulling around with the Options under tools, and nothing happens. It’s just with this document, too. What gives? Any help is greatly appreciated.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-question-track-changes-not-really-tracking/333075/2 "2005-11-28T17:51:59Z")

</div>

A suggestion:

Go to the “Tools” menu, and click on “Options.” Click on the “User Information” tab and make sure it is correct for you.

If this doesn’t work, click on the “Track Changes” tab and review the settings there.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-question-track-changes-not-really-tracking/333075/3 "2005-11-28T19:16:50Z")

</div>

> [@mazinger\_z](#):
>
> …I’ve been fulling around with the Options under tools, and nothing happens. It’s just with this document, too. What gives?

Just noticed this. Sorry if I repeated what you’d already tried.