Track changes in Microsoft Word is a powerful feature that facilitates document collaboration and review processes. When track changes is enabled, any modifications made to the document, such as text additions or deletions, formatting changes, and comments, are visually highlighted. This makes it easier for document editors or collaborators to identify and review the changes made by themselves or others. In this article, we will explain how to enable track changes, as well as accept or reject the tracked changes in Word documents in Python using Spire.Doc for Python.
- Enable Track Changes in Word in Python
- Accept Tracked Changes in Word in Python
- Reject Tracked Changes in Word in Python
Install Spire.Doc for Python
This scenario requires Spire.Doc for Python and plum-dispatch v1.7.4. They can be easily installed in your Windows through the following pip commands.
pip install Spire.Doc
If you are unsure how to install, please refer to this tutorial: How to Install Spire.Doc for Python on Windows
Enable Track Changes in Word in Python
Spire.Doc for Python offers the Document.TrackChanges property to enable the track changes mode for a Word document. The detailed steps are as follows.
- Create an object of the Document class.
- Load a Word document using Document.LoadFromFile() method.
- Enable the track changes mode for the document by setting the Document.TrackChanges property to True.
- Save the result document using Document.SaveToFile() method.
- Python
from spire.doc import *
from spire.doc.common import *
# Create an object of the Document class
doc = Document()
# Load a Word document
doc.LoadFromFile("Sample.docx")
# Enable the track changes mode for the document
doc.TrackChanges = True
# Save the result document
doc.SaveToFile("EnableTrackChanges.docx", FileFormat.Docx2016)
doc.Close()
Accept Tracked Changes in Word in Python
Accepting tracked changes allows you to incorporate the suggested modifications permanently into the document. By using the Document.AcceptChanges() method provided by Spire.Doc for Python, you can easily accept all tracked changes in a Word document. The detailed steps are as follows.
- Create an object of the Document class.
- Load a Word document using Document.LoadFromFile() method.
- Check if the document has tracked changes using Document.HasChanges property.
- Accept the tracked changes in the document using Document.AcceptChanges() method.
- Save the result document using Document.SaveToFile() method.
- Python
from spire.doc import *
from spire.doc.common import *
# Create an object of the Document class
doc = Document()
# Load a Word document
doc.LoadFromFile("Sample.docx")
# Check if the document has tracked changes
if(doc.HasChanges):
# Accept the tracked changes in the document
doc.AcceptChanges()
# Save the result document
doc.SaveToFile("AcceptChanges.docx", FileFormat.Docx2016)
doc.Close()
Reject Tracked Changes in Word in Python
Sometimes, suggested modifications may not align with your vision or requirements for the document. In such cases, rejecting these changes becomes essential to ensure that the document accurately reflects your intended content and formatting choices.
Spire.Doc for Python offers the Document.RejectChanges() method to reject the tracked changes in a Word document. The detailed steps are as follows.
- Create an object of the Document class.
- Load a Word document using Document.LoadFromFile() method.
- Check if the document has tracked changes using Document.HasChanges property.
- Reject the tracked changes in the document using Document.RejectChanges() method.
- Save the result document using Document.SaveToFile() method.
- Python
from spire.doc import *
from spire.doc.common import *
# Create an object of the Document class
doc = Document()
# Load a Word document
doc.LoadFromFile("Sample.docx")
# Check if the document has tracked changes
if(doc.HasChanges):
# Reject the tracked changes in the document
doc.RejectChanges()
# Save the result document
doc.SaveToFile("RejectChanges.docx", FileFormat.Docx2016)
doc.Close()
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