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Possibility of tracking changes in MS PowerPoint 2010
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Sarah McDowell
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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?

Thanks,

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Javier Wasserzug
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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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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.
 
Jessica Noyes
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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!
 
Sarah McDowell
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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.
 
Phong Le
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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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