Re: [libreoffice-users] Remove redline markings and strikeout text

At 23:55 06/01/2018 -0500, Eddie Jonly wrote:
> I could apply the "redline" font attribute on text I added to an 
> article, then apply the "strikeout" attribute on text I didn't want 
> in the article. After that, I could save the article, save a copy 
> under a new filename, and then run the aptly-named function on one 
> of the copies to generate a clean copy with my edits. Does a similar 
> function exist in Writer?

Yup. See "Tracking changes to a document" in Chapter 3 of the Writer 
Guide. To toggle on the facility, go to Edit | Changes > | Record.

> It doesn't have to be those two attributes, ...

You will see what the default markings are; to change these, go to 
Tools | Options... | LibreOffice Writer | Changes. See Chapter 2 of 
the Writer Guide.

> ... but anything that would highlight the "should I stay?" and 
> "should I go?" parts of the article and then easily generate a clean 
> copy would be very helpful.

You can right-click any change in the text individually and choose 
Accept Change or Reject Change. Alternatively go to Edit | Changes > 
| Accept or Reject...; here you can accept or reject changes 
individually, piecemeal, or globally.

> Extra adulation if the markup attributes can be saved to .docx, 
> which my main publisher uses exclusively.

I think you will find that is so - but sucking and seeing it is 
always best: experiment and send a trial document to your 
correspondent. But anyway, I don't see that you need this: surely you 
will keep your text documents in LibreOffice's native .odt format 
whilst you are editing and save a .docx version only of your clean 
copy after you have accepted all changes? If you want your 
correspondent to see the changes, another way might be to export a 
copy as PDF before accepting the changes.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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