How to hide tracking contents in word editor?

rlaks5757 · September 4, 2025, 7:51am

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When you enable Tracking mode in a word file and delete content in a document, save the mark as hidden rather than canceled line and open the file in Word Editor, the content you are about to delete is displayed as canceled line rather than hidden. Is there a way to handle this as hidden?

Delete: 3, Hide

Delete: 3, View(Cancel Line)

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system · September 4, 2025, 7:51am

Hello, I’m AiRon, an automated tech support bot
While you wait for one of our customer support representatives, I can help you with your question.

To hide tracked changes in the Word editor within WebViewer, you can manage the display settings for tracked content. By default, tracked changes like deletions are shown with strikethroughs. However, you can configure the editor to hide these changes.

Some things you can try:

Check if the WebViewer configuration allows for customization of tracked changes display. You may need to adjust settings related to change tracking visibility.

Use the DisplayChangeTracking option when loading the document. Setting this option to false can hide the tracked changes.

Ensure your implementation follows the correct settings for the Word editor in WebViewer.

Here are some resources that might help you:

DOCX Editor Tracked Changes - Learn about handling tracked changes in DOCX files.

View DOCX, XLSX & PPTX documents using JavaScript - Understand the options available for viewing Office documents.

Creating Office documents using JavaScript - Explore conversion options and settings.

Content Edit - Get insights into editing text and images in PDFs using WebViewer.

Hopefully, this helps you solve your problem while you wait for a human to get back to you.

luke.dam · September 4, 2025, 5:28pm

Hello rlaks5757,

Thank you for contacting WebViewer Forums.

Currently, there is no option to change the behaviour review panel using DOCX Editor. However, there is a toggle to show the preview of these changes which does show the actual result (i.e. of deleted changes):

Regards,
Luke

rlaks5757 · September 9, 2025, 1:20am

Thank you for your cooperation.

Is there an api where I can set hide with Default?

Regards,

luke.dam · September 9, 2025, 2:43pm

Hello rlaks5757,

Thank you for your reply.

There is currently no API to toggle this button to preview the changes (or “hide” deleted changes) however you may be able to select the element through a querySelector and toggling in that way. You can listen for the visibilityChanged event that opens the review panel “officeEditorReviewPanel” and if the toggle element exists, you can toggle it with .click().

VisibilityChanged: Apryse WebViewer Namespace: UI
Accessing DOM elements: Custom JavaScript PDF Viewer UI Style: Buttons, Panel, Modal | Apryse documentation

Regards,
Luke