Hi there, I am trying to edit a document and use a different colour font for the changes but when I navigate between text boxes etc it automatically changes back to black, my other option under defaults seems to change everything to that colour which is useless to me. How do I set the colour for changes only as I edit?
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Turn on Edit → Track Changes → Record Changes (also Ctl-Shift-E). Edit → Track Changes → Show Changes is a toggle to show changes. The colors can be controlled on Tools → Options. Then under LibreOffice Writer in left column, select Changes and select what you want on the right.
Still no good does not seem to work.
As soon as I skip between text boxes or to different parts of the document it switches back to black just as before, anyone else have a solution for this?
Using LO v5.1.3.2 I don’t experience that problem. Changes remain no matter where I go in the document or into & out or around test boxes. What LO version are you using? Is this a vanilla document or are you using a template? Any macros? Default styles?
I had to look up what a vanilla and macro were online, still not clear! I am not up on tech stuff I normally work outside and have a injury that means I cannot do my job. I have been given audits to update and tranfered them from word as I only have Libre - (I have the latest version on windows 7). I have been through those steps multiple times and nothing, I only seem to be able to change the font colour for everything in libre, if I go to changes on writer it does nothing
Vanilla is simply something plain - nothing added. For example - start a new document in Writer with all defaults used. Macros are code which may alter procedures behind the scenes. As far as LO, v5.0.x & v5.1.x both can be considered ‘the latest version’ but there are differences which is why it is asked. Now it sounds like you are using a .docx file from MS Word (not exactly vanilla) is that correct? If so, have you saved it as a LO .odt file and working with that?
Yes it is a odt file transfered from MS word
Have now tried to reproduce you situation using LO v5.0.6.3 and v5.1.3.2 with a .docx (MS 2007) file directly & as .odt and no problems on a Linux system. Faint chance this is a problem in the Windows version of LO. Possible something else in the document doing this. You might try starting a new blank document & see if the problem persists. There is one other choice - reset the user profile. For instructions click here.
Never resolved this one unfortunately.
Did you try with new blank document and/or reset user profile as mentioned in previous comment?
To add some details to the answer above, to change the color of the edits you are tracking, use Tools → Options → LibreOffice Writer → Changes.
Does not work - quite useless