WD97: Multi-Column Revision Bars Do Not Print As Expected (158527)

SYMPTOMS

When a document is formatted with multiple columns, revision marks may not appear where you expect them to appear.

If You Specify Left Border Revision Marks

When you compare one document to another and use revision bars to mark changes, the revision bars are displayed on the left of each column but are printed along the left edge of the page instead of along the left side of the edited column.

If You Specify Right Border Revision Marks

When you compare one document to another and use revision bars to mark changes, the revision bars are displayed to the right of each column but are printed along the right edge of the page instead of along the right side of the edited column.

CAUSE

Word prints all revision bars in the left, right, or outside page border, depending on the option you have selected for Changed Lines. (On the Tools menu, point to Track Changes, click Highlight Changes, and then click Options.) This applies to both single and multi-column documents.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about this problem, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

176124 WD97: Revision Bars Display and Print in Wrong Location

In page layout view and print preview, the revision bars are shown beside the lines that have changes, but within the columns of multi-column documents. If you compare the printed version of a multi-column document with how it appears in page layout or print preview, the location of the revision bars may be different.

The revision bars will always be printed in the left border if you have selected to print the revision bars in the outside border and have not selected "Different odd and even" headers and footers (on the File menu, click Page Setup, and click the Layout tab.) Try turning on this setting to see if the problem is corrected.

Revision bars are used in conjunction with other revision marks (strikethrough text, underlined text, colored text) to identify changed lines. Revision bars are intended to draw the reader's eye to the general vertical position of the changed lines.