Solved: Conditional turn on Track changes

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I have a find/replace macro and it starts with:

ActiveDocument.TrackRevisions = Not ActiveDocument.TrackRevisions

and what it does is turn on Track changes if it is not turned on, and turn it off if it is turned on.

I want a statement that would turn on Track changes if it is not turned on, but leave turned on if it is turned on. Something like:

If Track changes is on
Do nothing
Else
If Track changes is off
Turn it on
End If

[fumei]

Do you have IntelliSense turned on? If not, you should do so.

If it IS turned on, when you type ActiveDocument.TrackRevisions= IntelliSense with display a popup with True and False. That is because TrackRevisions is Boolean. So...
If ActiveDocument.TrackRevisions = False
ActiveDocukment.TrackRevisions = True
End If

IF TrackRevision is OFF, turn it ON.

The unstated alternative, but logical, result is if it is ON, do nothing (there is no instruction).

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Many thanks. It would throw an error, until I added "Then"

If ActiveDocument.TrackRevisions = False Then
ActiveDocument.TrackRevisions = True

I tried to turn on Intellisense on Notepad++ following these instructions derekreynolds.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/how-to-enable-intellisense-in-notepad but I saw no pop-up.

Can you use Intellisense in Microsoft VBA editor?

[fumei]

Ooops, doh. Yes I forgot the THEN.

I do not know anything abouyt Notepad++, but yes IntelliSense is in VBA. In the VBE (Visual Basic Editor) go Tools > Options and check Require Variable Declaration.

IntelliSense is very handy because you can shorten a lot of things. Fot example, to have:
ActiveDocument.TrackRevisions = False
inserted in your code you can do type this.

act Ctrl-spacebar downarrow dot tra Ctrl-spacebar = f Tab

Ctrl-spacebar invokes IntelliSense. It is quite good at figuring out what should come next.

act Ctrl-spacebar (likely shows Activate, with ActiveDocument below)
dowbarrow (selects ActiveDocument)
dot (inserts ActiveDocument, and displays the properties of it)
tra Ctrl-spacebar (inserts TrackRevisions)
= (displays True/False popup)
f (selects False)
Tab (accepts False and inserts it)

This is a difference between 39 keystrokes and 12 keystrokes. Once you get used too it, using IntelliSense to enter code is MUCH faster.

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Wow, many thanks! Magic!

[fumei]

You are welcome. I have always wondered why Microsoft neglected to cover the use of IntelliSense in Help.