Word

Using Track Changes

You can use Word to electronically edit all of your documents. This is done using the Track Changes feature. With this feature, any changes someone makes to your document appears as edit marks. You can later accept or reject these changes. Whenever you go through a process of rejecting or accepting changes, don't forget to turn Track Changes off when you're finished, otherwise Word continues to treat changes as edits.

To turn on Track Changes:

1. Select Tools > Track Changes > Highlight Changes... from the menu bar.

   The Highlight Changes dialogue box appears. You can set how your edits appear in the document by clicking the Options... button in this box.

2. Select each check box.
3. Click Okay.

   Every time you change something in the document, Word records the changes as edit marks. Delete texts appears with a line through it. Added text appears in a different color. No matter the change, a vertical line appears to the left of the body text containing the edit

To turn off Track Changes:

1. Select Tools > Track Changes > Highlight Changes... from the menu bar.
2. Deselect each check box.
3. Click Okay.

   Any changes made are automatically added to your document. Any highlighting that had been added remains.

 

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