Disable Document Editing Time Tracking (All Windows)

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Disable Document Editing Time Tracking (All Windows)
Category: Home > Software > Microsoft Office

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Whenever you open a Office document the time open is tracked and added to the total "Edit Time". This tweak disables that tracking.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called 'NoTrack' using the settings below.

Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.


(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
NoTrack	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)


	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Common\General

Settings:

User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Common\General]
Name: NoTrack
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: (0 = default, 1 = disable tracking)

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last Modified: May 14, 2002

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