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Why can't I see mine and the other user name in the balloons for Track Changes when I print but I can see them on the print screen?
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The printouts only show the initials, just like older versions of Word. You can see this if you look at the document in Print Preview (Ctrl+F2).
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Old 04-24-2014, 11:57 AM
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No, it only shows the comments with the color around the balloon of the change in the preview - there are no initials or names. I would be happy with initials if that would show up.
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OK, that's unexpected. Could you post a screen shot?

Also, does this happen with a particular document, only, or does it happen with any document you create?
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I've attached two examples.

This happens to any documents that have tracked changes. On the actual document you can see each users name and on the preview/print out its just the changes with no initials, etc.
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Sorry, I misunderstood your question. For markup balloons, the author name isn't shown or printed; this is by design (I missed it because I personally prefer to display markup inline). In comment balloons, the initials will print.
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Correct, in the comment balloons the full name is shown. I need initials/name of the user who made the change, just not color. Is that possible at all?
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As far as I know, it isn't possible. :-(
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