Key Points

  • You can track the changes that you make to a Word document, for later review and acceptance or rejection.

  • Word automatically assigns a unique color to the revisions of each document reviewer. If you prefer, you can choose a specific color for the revisions that you make in any document.

  • You can insert comments into a document. Word uses the same color system for comments that it does for tracked changes.

  • You can view changes and comments in a Word document either in the balloons that appear in the margin in Print Layout view, or in the Reviewing pane.

  • You can control the way your changes appear in documents by making selections in the Word Preferences dialog box. Your choices include the name attributed to your comments.

  • You can move quickly ...

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