Libre Office Writer: Strike-out on delete rather than remove?

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We occasionally see revision-suggestions for documents (usually from our attorneys) where removed content gets color coded and has a strike through it. Added content also gets its own color coding.

I had always presumed that some specialty software was used to achieve such versioning effects, but one of our salespeople just received a document from their customer and it seems to be in that "mode".
When he tries to delete anything, it simply turns lime green and gets stricken out.

Is this a feature that can get turned on/off in Libre or Open Office?
If so, where/how?

BTW, I _did_ find the formatting settings for this feature in **Tools>Options>LibreOffice Writer>Changes**, but still have no idea how to enable/disable it. — mOrloff, Nov 29 '12 at 22:52
**Ctrl+Shift+e** is how to disable it quickly. Chiming in, 2016,11,14 — Ray C, Nov 15 '16 at 00:38

score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 30 '12 at 05:27

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Main Menu - Edit - Changes submenu

edited Nov 30 '12 at 05:27

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answered Nov 30 '12 at 05:03

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This does not provide an answer to the question. To critique or request clarification from an author, leave a comment below their post. – Nikhil Nov 30 '12 at 05:22
@Nik, the question is where it can be turned off, so this does answer the question. – Mischa Nov 30 '12 at 05:26
This saved me so much frustration. Thanks a lot – Hemil Jan 20 '21 at 04:42

slm · Answer 2 · 2012-12-16T03:04:24.200

This feature is called Track Changes and it allows you to pass documents back and forth and see who made changes. The feature is accessible under the Edit -> Changes menu. Within this menu are 6 items:

Record
Protect Records...
Show
Accept or Reject...
Comment...
Merge Documents...

I should mention I'm using LibreOffice Version 3.6.4.3 (Build ID: 2ef5aff), but this menu should be identical in previous versions as well as OpenOffice.

You can see other peoples changes by checking/unchecking the Show item. If you want to disable/enable the recording of changes you check/uncheck Record. Finally if you want to incorporate other peoples changes you check/uncheck Accept or Reject....

Here are some additional resources to get you started if you want to actually do more than just disable this feature.

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 22 '17 at 16:58

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LibreOffice 5.4.1.2.0

Edit -> Track Changes -> Record (uncheck Record)

answered Sep 22 '17 at 16:58

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Libre Office Writer: Strike-out on delete rather than remove?

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