[Solved] Show Editing Changes

[Larry1700]

does Open Office have a feature (like MS Word) where I can show the editing changes I've made? I mean a "bubble" shows up in the margin when I can write comments, show edits, etc? Thank you.

Olde Luddite

[Hagar Delest]

Yes it has.
Edit > Track changes.

Please add [Solved] at the beginning of the title in your first post (top of the topic) with the *EDIT button if your issue has been fixed.

[Larry1700]

thank you - is it possible you mean Edit - Changes - Record ? I see that but not how to add comments on the sides - thank you

[RoryOF]

Comments on the sides are by /Insert /Comment

[Larry1700]

It worked! Thank you.

Ye Olde Luddite

[Hagar Delest]

thank you - is it possible you mean Edit - Changes - Record ? I see that but not how to add comments on the sides - thank you

Yes, wording is slightly different with LibreOffice.
As said by RoryOF, the comments is a different feature. Same in MS Word BTW.

[John_Ha]

Be aware there is a serious bug in AOO which corrupts files using tracked changes and/or comments - see many posts like Error in Sub-document content.xml. One way to cause the problem is

• use AOO Writer
• you have Edit > Record changes ..., set to ON
• you delete a range of text which includes two or more "comments each of which is attached to a range of text"

Deleting this text corrupts the file

See Issue 128356 - Track Changes and Annotations on text range can cause corruption. Applies to 4.x (all versions?)

LibreOffice does not have the bug. If you use comments or tracked changes, I strongly recommend you swap to LibreOffice.