Why aren't my Tracked Changes Showing in InDesign?

[marcybbbd]

I have a large document that I am trying to track the changes on when I or someone else edits the document.  "Enable tracking in all stories" is on, the eye is selected, the little power button is on, the screen mode is normal and not preview... what else can I do??

[Barb Binder · Accepted solution]

Track changes are only visible in Story Editor view. Click in the story, Edit > Edit in Story Editor. 

~Barb

[marcybbbd]

Thank you... hopefully they update that feature.  It shows there, but it's a nightmare to look at.  Wishing there were a way to choose to see them in the document itself as well.  It's so confusing to look at two windows.

[Thomas_Calvin]

I just encountered this as well. "Story editor" seems useless for several reasons. Despite the lack of layout, the performance is unusable. You can watch the screen redraw as you scroll one line. And where are the change bars? How do we get them into the layout if they don't show up in regular view?

[Mike Witherell]

Change Bars and track changes and many more editorial niceties is more the province of InCopy.

[BobLevine]

Right...but they still don't show up in layout view.

[Thomas_Calvin]

Thanks for the info. How do you format the document for printing with change bars, then?

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

Thanks for the info. How do you format the document for printing with change bars, then?

By @Thomas_Calvin

Are you referring to InCopy or InDesign?

Change bars and track edits only show up in the galley/story view--never in layout view. 

Depending on your document needs, you might want to look at Adobe FrameMaker, which allows layout printing with change bars and track changes. 

[Thomas_Calvin]

Thanks for the reply. We're invested in InDesign at this point, so I'm trying to figure out how to make our change indicators accurate and thorough without having to manually draw lines everywhere.

[Pickory · Accepted solution]

Hi,

There are some commercial plugins that do this.

We do this one.

http://www.kerntiff.co.uk/products-4-indesign/editmarks

This is by another plugin developer.

https://ctrlsoftware.com/

P.

[Thomas_Calvin]

Thanks, I'll take a look.