996 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Hello everybody!I have recently re-discovered the Word (2007) feature "total editing time":Office Button -> Prepare -> Properties -> Document Properties -> Advanced Properties -> Statistics(a long way, I know)I have also learned how to display the total editing time in the document itself:http://www.informit.com/articles/article.a...0&seqNum=12The problem is: It doesn't work. In the above statistics the minute counter stays firmly rooted to 0. The edittime filed does the same.Now I've looked in every possible option I could find and there is no trace to enable this feature anywhere.How can I enable "total editing time" in Word 2007? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
996 Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 After another few hours of research I seem to have found the heart of the problem: I modified a file, but the Total editing time setting stays at zero.Some countries/regions, such as Germany, have laws that regulate automatic tracking of the time you spend working on a computer. If your location specified on your computer is a country/region that regulates automatic tracking of work, the Total editing time (File menu, Properties dialog box, Statistics tab) is turned off. I am not amused! It may indeed be illegal to track somebody else's time but surely not ones own. I believe this should be a choice option!So... I have little motivation to change my region, as many other factors are affected by that (currency symbol, date format etc).Any ideas for a feasible approach to spoofing office with a different region / unhooking the check etc? Maybe a good ol' registry hack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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