looking for Word 2000 "Review Toolbar" equivalent in OpenOffice

[Michael ODonnell]

>In Word 2000 if I navigate thusly:
>
>  Edit -> Toolbars -> Reviewing
>
>I get a toolbar that allows me to see a reviewer's
>comments on a document.


FWIW, when I crank up OpenOffice1.1 on my Debian box
and open the Help window and begin to type the word
"review" into the search tool I get as far as the
"i" before the auto-completion helpfully suggests
a section of the online Help that sounds like it'd
be pretty much what you're looking for, and when
I actually view that section the "related topics"
suggestions seem like they'd also be on target.

I did not actually test-drive the features in question,
but here are some excerpts from the Help text:

> When you edit a document in which others have made changes, you can
> accept or reject the changes individually or all together.
>
> 1.If you have put multiple copies of the document in circulation,
> first merge these into one document (see Merging Versions).
>
> 2.Open the document and choose Edit - Changes - Accept or Reject.
> The Accept or Reject Changes dialog appears.
>
> 3.Select a change on the List tab.  The change is selected and displayed
> in the document and you can now enter your decision with one of the
> buttons.
>
> If one author has modified another author's change, you will see the
> changes hierarchically arranged with a plus sign for opening up the
> hierarchy.

             [screenshot]

> If the list of changes is too long, you can switch to the Filter tab in
> the dialog and specify that you only want to see the changes of certain
> authors, or only the changes of the last day, or that you want the list
> to be restricted in some other way.
>
> Color-coded entries display the result of the filter that is set.
> Entries in black can be accepted or rejected and match the filter
> criteria.  Entries in blue do not themselves match the filter criteria,
> but have subentries that are included by the filter.  Gray entries
> cannot be accepted or rejected and do not match the filter criterion.
> Green entries do match the filter but cannot be accepted or rejected.
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> When several authors are working on the same text or spreadsheet,
> the review function records and displays who made the various changes.
> On the final edit of the document, it is then possible to look at each
> individual change and decide whether it should be accepted or rejected.
>
> For example: You are an editor and are delivering your latest report.
> But before publication the report must be read by the senior editor and
> the proofreader, and both will add their changes.  The senior editor
> writes "clarify" after one paragraph and crosses out another entirely.
> The proofreader corrects the spelling of your document.
>
> The edited document comes back to you, and you can incorporate or ignore
> the suggestions of the two reviewers.
>
> Let's say you also e-mailed a copy of the report to a good friend
> and colleague who has done research on a similar topic in the past.
> You asked for a few suggestions, and the document is now returned by
> e-mail with your colleague's suggestions.
>
> As all your colleagues and the managers in your company work with
> OpenOffice.org, you can produce a final version of the document from
> the results you get back.