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LYOF
New member | Level 2
7 years ago

How can I track changes on Paper?

How can I track changes in a Paper document? I don't just want to see previous edits - which make it near impossible to find what changes have been made - I want to see edits MARKED in a colour. Is t...
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  • Lusil's avatar
    Lusil
    7 years ago
    Hi there LYOF!
     
    You can track changes in a Paper doc by clicking on Doc history and, for example, I can see my edits highlighted by a green color.
     
    For this reason, could you please specify what it is you’re seeing and, if this isn’t what you’re looking for, what you’d like instead?  
     
    Thanks in advance! :upside_down:
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Tcolbert
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Much how a name can be connected with a certain change in a collabortive document (in the left margin), is there a way to also have dates displayed as to when edits were made. So that everyone can see, simply, when an edit was made?

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lukeyo
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6 years ago

If you look in 'Doc History' you'll see names and times of all the changes.

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