How To Show Track Changes In Word

Turning on Track Changes gives you and your coworkers a mode to make changes that are easy to spot. The changes are similar suggestions that you can review, then remove them or make them permanent.

Turn Track Changes on and off

• On theReview tab, go to Tracking and selectRail Changes.

  

  • When Track Changes is on, deletions are marked with a strikethrough, and additions are marked with an underline. Different authors' changes are indicated with different colors.

  • When Rails Changes is off, Give-and-take stops marking changes, but the colored underlines and strikethrough from your changes remain in the document until they're accepted or rejected.

Note:If the Rail Changes characteristic is unavailable, yous might need to turn off document protection. Go to Review > Restrict Editing, and then select Stop Protection. (You might need to provide the document password.)

Show or hide comments or tracked changes

Brandish all changes inline

The default in Give-and-take is to brandish deletions and comments in balloons in the margins of the document. Withal, y'all can alter the display to show comments inline and all deletions with strikethroughs instead of inside balloons.

1. On theReview tab, go toTracking.

2. Select Evidence Markup.

   

3. Betoken to Balloons and select Evidence All Revisions Inline.

View inline comments as ScreenTips.

• Rest the pointer on a comment in the document. The annotate appears in a ScreenTip.

  

Display changes by type of edit or by reviewer

1. On theReview tab, become toTracking and selectShow Markup .

   

2. Do one of the post-obit:

   • Select the type of change that you lot want to display.

     For instance, select Comments,Insertions and Deletions, or Formatting. The check mark side by side to the item indicates that the particular is selected.

     

     Of import:Even if you lot hide a blazon of markup by clearing it on the Prove Markup menu, the markup automatically appears each time the document is opened by you or a reviewer.

   • Point to Specific People, and then clear all bank check boxes except the ones next to the names of the reviewers whose changes and comments y'all want to show.

     Note:To select or clear all check boxes for all reviewers in the listing, select All Reviewers.

Brandish changes and comments for specific reviewers

An editor or reviewer usually wants to view a document as it will appear after their changes are incorporated. This procedure gives an editor or reviewer the opportunity to see how the certificate will look with the changes.

1. Become to Review > Tracking > Display for Review.

   

2. Choose the option y'all desire:

   • To review the changes, indicated by a red line in the margin, cull Elementary Markup.

   • For a detailed view of the changes, choose All Markup.

   • For a preview of how the certificate volition look if you make all the suggested changes permanent, choose No Markup.

   • To view the original document every bit if all the suggested changes were removed, cull Original.

Hibernate tracked changes and comments when printing

Hiding changes does not remove changes from the document. To remove markup from your certificate, use the Take and Reject commands in the Changes group.

1. Become toFile > Print > Settings > Print All Pages.

2. Nether Document Info, select Print Markup to clear the bank check mark.

   

Review, have, reject, and hibernate tracked changes

Review a summary of tracked changes

Using the Reviewing Pane you can quickly ensure that all tracked changes have been removed from your document. The summary department at the top of the Reviewing Pane displays the exact number of tracked changes and comments that remain in your document.

The Reviewing Pane also allows y'all to read long comments that don't fit inside a comment bubble.

Note:The Reviewing Pane, unlike the document or the annotate bubbles, is non the all-time tool for making changes to your document. Instead of deleting text or comments or making other changes in the Reviewing Pane, brand all editorial changes in the document. The changes will so be visible in the Reviewing Pane.

1. On theReview tab, go toTracking and selectReviewing Pane.

   

2. Do 1 of the following:

   • To view the summary at the side of your screen, selectReviewing Pane Vertical.

   • To view the summary across the bottom of your screen, selectReviewing Pane Horizontal.

By default, the Reviewing Pane shows at the top how many total revisions are in the document. To run across  the number and type of the changes, select the carat next to the number of revisions.

Review each tracked change in sequence

1. Click or tap at the beginning of the document.

2. On theReviewtab, get toChanges.

3. Select Acceptor Reject. As yous take or reject changes, Word volition move to the side by side change.

   

4. Repeat until there are no more than tracked changes or comments in your document.

Tip:To review changes in the document without accepting or rejecting them, select Next or Previous.

Accept or reject a unmarried alter

Rather than move through changes in sequence, you can have or refuse a unmarried change. When y'all accept or reject the change, Word will not movement to the adjacent change in the document.

• Right-click the change and select the option to take or decline it.

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Review changes by type of edit or past a specific reviewer

1. Click or tap at the showtime of the document.

2. On theReview tab, become toTracking.

   

3. In the Show Markup list, do one of the following:

   • Articulate all cheque boxes except for those next to the types of changes that you want to review.

   • Point toSpecific People, and so clear all bank check boxes except those next to the names of the reviewers whose changes you want to see or cull All Reviewers to select or clear the check boxes for all reviewers in the list.

4. On theReview tab, become toChanges.

5. Select Have or Reject. As you have or reject changes, Word volition movement to the next alter.

   

6. Repeat until you lot've reviewed all of the changes in your document.

Take all changes at the same time

1. Become toReview > Changes.

2. In the Take list, selectAccept All Changes or Accept All Changes and Stop Tracking.

   

Take or reject all changes at the same time

1. On theReviewtab, get to Changes.

2. Do 1 of the following:

   • In theAcceptdrib-downwardly listing, selectAccept All Changes.

   • In the Reject drop-down list, select Refuse All Changes.

     

Delete comments

1. Select a comment.

2. On theReviewtab, go toComments, and select Delete.

   

3. Click Side by side or Previous to move to another comment.

Delete all comments

1. Select a comment.

2. On theReviewtab, go to Comments.

3. In the Delete drop-down list, select Delete All Comments in Document.

   

Practice with Track Changes and other collaboration features in Word by downloading this Collaborate in Discussion learning guide.

When tracked changes are turned on, Give-and-take marks whatsoever changes fabricated by any authors of the document. This is useful when you're collaborating with other authors considering y'all tin can see which authors made a particular modify.

Turn Track Changes on

• On the Review tab, turn onRail Changes.

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Give-and-take shows changes in the document by displaying a line in the margin. If you switch to All Markup view, y'all'll run into changes inline and in balloons.

Anytime someone adds a annotate, it'll show up in a balloon.

Prove changes inline

To see changes inline instead of in balloons, practise the post-obit:

1. On theReview Tab, selectMarkup Options

2. Bespeak to Balloons and selectProve All Revisions Inline.

   

Keep Rail Changes on

To foreclose others from turning off Rail Changes, lock Rails Changes on with a password.

Important:Be sure to remember the password so you tin turn Track Changes off when y'all're ready to accept or turn down the changes.

Lock Track Changes with a password

1. On theTools carte du jour, selectProtect Document.

2. Under Protection, selectProtect document for, and and then select Tracked changes

   

3. In thePassword box, enter a password and select OK.

4. Re-enter your password and select OK.

While tracked changes are locked, you tin't turn off change tracking, and you can't have or refuse changes.

Unlock Track Changes

1. On theTools carte du jour, select Protect Document.

2. Nether Protection, uncheck Protect document for.

3. Enter your countersign and select OK.

Runway Changes will nevertheless exist on, but y'all'll be able to take and pass up changes.

Turn off Track Changes

• On the Review tab, turn off Track Changes.

Give-and-take stops marking up new changes—but all of the changes that were already tracked will withal exist in the document. For more than info, see remove the tracked changes and comments.

Turn tracked changes on or off

When tracked changes are turned on, Word marks any changes made past any authors of the certificate. This is useful when you lot're collaborating with other authors because you lot can come across which authors made a particular modify.

1. Open the certificate that you lot desire to edit.

2. On the Review tab, nether Tracking, select the Track Changes switch to turn on track changes.

   

   Tips:

   • Each reviewer's changes are displayed in a different color. If there are more than eight reviewers, Discussion will reuses colors.

   • To assign a specific colour to your ain tracked changes, on the Word menu, select Preferences, and so under Output and Sharing, select Rail Changes . In the Color boxes, select the colour that you want.

   • The reviewer's name, the appointment and time that the change was made, and the kind of alter that was made (for example, Deleted) also appear in the markup balloons for each change. If you're not displaying markup balloons, this data appears when yous hover over a change.

   • The Highlight Changes options on the Tools > Rail Changes carte du jour (Highlight changes on screen, Highlight changes in printed document) and the options on the Review tab pop-upwardly card (Concluding Showing Markup, Concluding, Original Showing Markup, Original) are non saved settings. If you lot don't want tracked changes to brandish when you re-open the document, you need to take or pass up the changes. If y'all want a tape of the revisions, save a re-create of the document before accepting or rejecting changes.

Show tracked changes or comments by type or by reviewer

You can show or hide a document's comments, formatting, insertions, and deletions or view comments for just the reviewers that you select.

• On the Review tab, go toTracking,

• In the Bear witness Markup drib-downward list, select the option that you desire.

  

  Tip:To brandish a shaded background behind the surface area where tracked changes or comments appear in the right margin, on the Evidence Markup pop-up menu, select Markup Expanse Highlight. This shaded surface area also prints with your document to help separate the certificate text from the tracked changes or comments.

Turn off tracked changes in balloons

By default, insertions, deletions, comments, the reviewer's proper name, and a time stamp are displayed in balloons that appear in the margins of your document. You can modify your settings to display tracked changes in the torso of the document.

1. Go toReview > Tracking, on the Evidence Markup pop-upward bill of fare, select Preferences.

   

2. Practise 1 of the following:

To	Do this
Display tracked changes in the torso of the document instead of in balloons	Articulate the Use balloons to display changes check box.
Hibernate the reviewer'southward name and the time and date stamp in balloons	Articulate the Include reviewer, time postage, and activeness buttons check box.

Note:With balloons turned off, commented text is enclosed in brackets, highlighted by a color, and identified by the reviewer'southward initials. Comments appear in a small pop-upwardly window when you rest the arrow over commented text, except when your certificate is in publishing layout view.

Change the formatting of tracked changes

You can customize how revision marking appear and work in Discussion.

1. On the Review tab, become toTracking.

2. In the Show Markup drop-down listing, select Preferences.

   

3. Select the options you desire. The following table lists some oftentimes used formatting options.

To	Practise this
Change the color and other formatting that Give-and-take uses to identify changes	Under Markup, select the formatting options that you want on the pop-up menus.
Indicate deletions without displaying the text that was deleted	Under Markup, on the Deletions popular-up card, select # or ^. Deleted text volition be replaced with the character # or ^.
Alter the appearance of changed lines	Under Markup, on the Changed lines and Colors pop-up menus, select the options that you want.
Rails text that is moved	Under Moves, select Track moves, and and then on the Moved from, Moved to, and Color pop-upwards menus, select the options that you want.
Alter the color that Give-and-take uses to mark changes that are made to table cells	Nether Tabular array prison cell highlighting, on the Inserted cells, Deleted cells, Merged cells, and Dissever cells pop-up menus, select the options that you want.

Review tracked changes and comments

Y'all can review and take or reject each tracked alter in sequence, accept or reject all changes at one fourth dimension, delete all comments at in one case, or review the items that are created by a specific reviewer.

1. If revision marks don't appear in the document, on the Tools menu, point to Track Changes, select Highlight Changes, and and so select the Highlight changes on screen check box.

2. Do one of the following:

To	On the Review tab, practice this	Then do this
Review the next change	Nether Changes, select Next	Select Accept or Reject.
Review the previous change	Under Changes, select Previous	Select Accept or Refuse.
Accept all changes at 1 time	Nether Changes, select the arrow adjacent to Take	Select Take All Changes in Document.
Reject all changes at one time	Nether Changes, select the pointer next to Reject	Select Reject All Changes in Document.
Delete all comments at ane time	Nether Comments, select the arrow adjacent to Delete	Select Delete All Comments in Document.
Review items created past a specific reviewer	Under Tracking, select Show Markup	Point to Reviewers, and so articulate all check marks except the one next to the proper noun of the reviewer whose changes you want to review. To select or clear the check boxes for all reviewers in the list, select All Reviewers.

Note:When you rest the pointer on a tracked change, a ScreenTip appears that displays the author's name, the date and time of the alter, and the kind of change that was made.

Impress tracked changes

Tracked changes tin be useful to include in a printed version of a document.

1. Open the document that contains the tracked changes that y'all want to print.

2. On theFile menu, selectPrint.

3. On the Copies & Pages pop-up menu, select Microsoft Word.

   Tip:If you don't see the Copies & Pages pop-up menu, select the blueish downwards facing pointer to the right of the Printer pop-upward menu.

4. On the Print What pop-up menu, select Document showing markup.

Plow on Rail Changes

You tin set Word for the Web to track changes for all users who are collaborating on the document or to track just your changes.

1. On theReview tab, get toTracking.

2. In the Track Changes drop-downwards list, do one of the following:

   • To track only the changes yous make to the certificate, selectJust Mine.

     

   • To runway changes to the document made by all users, select For Everyone.

     

Plow off Track Changes

1. On theReview tab, become toTracking.

2. In theTrack Changes drop-down listing, selectOff.

   
   

Review, accept, or turn down changes

You can review each tracked alter in sequence and decide whether to take or pass up the modify.

1. Click or tap at the beginning of the document.

2. On theReview tab, go toTracking.

3. Select Accept or Refuse. Every bit you accept or reject changes, Word will motility to the next modify.

   

   Tip:To review changes in the document without accepting or rejecting them, select Next or Previous.

4. Repeat until yous've reviewed all of the changes in your document.

Accept or pass up a single modify

Rather than move through changes in sequence, you can have or reject a single alter. When yous have or reject the change, Discussion will non move to the next change in the document.

• Right-click the modify and select the option to accept or decline it.

  

Turn Track Changes on or off (Word for iPad)

1. Tap the Review tab.

2. Tap the command next toTrack Changes to turn Track Changes on or off.

   

Show or hide markup (Word for iPad)

1. On the Review tab, tap the Display for Review icon.

   

2. In the Display for Review list, tap the option yous want:

   • All Markup (inline) shows the final document with tracked changes visible inline

   • No markup shows the final document without tracked changed

   • Original shows the original document with no tracked changes

Evidence tracked changes by type (Give-and-take for iPad)

1. On the Review tab, tap the Brandish for Review icon.

2. In the Display for Review listing, tap Show Markup.

   

3. In the Show Markup list, tap the option you lot want:

   • Ink shows or hides any marks fabricated by digital inking in the document.

   • Insertions & Deletions shows or hides inserted or deleted text.

   • Formatting shows or hides formatting changes.

   • Evidence Revisions in Balloons shows changes in balloons in the right margin.

   • Testify Only Formatting in Balloons shows only formatting changes in balloons and keeps the other changes as inline tracking.

Show tracked changes past reviewer (Give-and-take for iPad)

If in that location are multiple reviewers for the document, Give-and-take will show all changes by default. Even so, you can choose to prove only changes made by specific viewers.

1. On the Review tab, tap the Display for Review icon.

2. In the Brandish for Review listing, tap Testify Markup.

3. In the Evidence Markup list, tap Reviewers.

4. In the Other Authors list, tap the names of the reviewers whose changes y'all desire to run across or tap All Reviewers.

Accept changes (Word for iPad)

1. Tap twice on a change in the certificate to select it.

2. On the Review tab, tap the Accept icon.

   

3. Do ane of the following:

   • TapAccept & Move to Next to accept the change and move to the next change in the document.

   • TapAccept Deletion, Accept Insertion, or Accept Change to accept the selected change, identified contextually by blazon, and not motion to the next change in the document.

   • TapAccept All Shown to accept all changes that are visible, but not changes that are hidden. For case, if yous're viewing only changes fabricated by a specific reviewer, tapping Accept All Shown accepts only the changes made past that reviewer.

   • TapAccept All to accept all changes in the document.

   • TapAccept All & Stop Tracking to accept all changes in the document and plow off Runway Changes.

4. To motion to another change without accepting or rejecting it, tap the Previous or Next icon.

Decline changes (Discussion for iPad)

1. Tap twice on a change in the document to select it.

2. On the Review tab, tap the Rejecticon.

   

3. Do one of the following:

   • TapDecline & Move to Next to reject the change and movement to the next alter in the certificate.

   • TapReject Deletion, Reject Insertion, or Pass up Change to pass up the selected alter, identified contextually by type, and not motion to the next change in the document.

   • TapReject All Shown to reject all changes that are visible, simply not changes that are hidden. For case, if yous're viewing only changes made past a specific reviewer, tapping Refuse All Shown rejects simply the changes made past that reviewer.

   • TapReject All to reject all changes in the document.

   • TapRejects All & Stop Tracking to reject all changes in the document and turn off Track Changes.

4. To move to another change without accepting or rejecting it, tap the Previous or Next icon.

Delete comments (Word for iPad)

1. Tap twice on a comment in the certificate to select information technology.

2. Tap the Review tab.

   

3. Tap the Delete icon to delete the comment or printing and hold the Delete icon until the Delete listing appears, and then do 1 of the following:

   • Tap Delete to delete but the selected comment.

   • Tap Delete All to delete all comments in the document.

4. To motion to some other annotate without deleting information technology, tap the Previous or Adjacent icon.

Turn Rails Changes on or off (Word for iPhone)

1. Tap the pen icon at the top to open up the ribbon.

2. Tap the Review tab.

   

3. Tap the command adjacent to Track Changes to plough Track Changes on or off.

   

Show or hide markup (Give-and-take for iPhone)

1. On the Review tab, tap Brandish for Review.

   

2. Tap the option yous want:

   • All Markup (inline) shows the terminal document with tracked changes visible inline

   • No markup shows the final certificate without tracked inverse

   • Original shows the original document with no tracked changes

Show tracked changes by blazon (Word for iPhone)

1. On the Review tab, tap Display for Review.

2. Tap Show Markup.

   

3. In the Show Markup list, tap the option you desire:

   • Ink shows or hides any marks made by digital inking in the document.

   • Insertions & Deletions shows or hides inserted or deleted text.

   • Formatting shows or hides formatting changes.

Show tracked changes by reviewer (Word for iPhone)

If there are multiple reviewers for the document, Word volition show all changes past default. Nevertheless, you can choose to prove just changes made past specific viewers.

1. On the Review tab, tap Display for Review.

2. Tap Show Markup.

3. Tap Reviewers.

4. In the Other Authors list, tap the names of the reviewers whose changes you want to encounter or tap All Reviewers.

Accept changes (Word for iPhone)

1. Tap twice on a alter in the document to select it.

2. On the Review tab, tap Accept.

   

3. Do one of the following:

   • TapAccept & Move to Next to accept the change and move to the next change in the document.

   • TapAccept Deletion, Accept Insertion, or Have Change to accept the selected change, identified contextually by blazon, and not move to the adjacent change in the document.

   • TapAccept All Shown to accept all changes that are visible, but not changes that are hidden. For example, if you're viewing but changes made by a specific reviewer, tapping Accept All Shown accepts but the changes made by that reviewer.

   • TapTake All to accept all changes in the document.

   • TapAccept All & Stop Tracking to have all changes in the document and plough off Runway Changes.

Reject changes (Discussion for iPhone)

1. Tap twice on a change in the document to select information technology.

2. On the Review tab, tapDecline.

   

3. Do one of the following:

   • TapReject & Move to Next to refuse the change and motility to the next change in the document.

   • TapTurn down Deletion, Reject Insertion, or Decline Change to reject the selected change, identified contextually by type, and not move to the next change in the document.

   • TapTurn down All Shown to reject all changes that are visible, but non changes that are subconscious. For example, if y'all're viewing only changes made past a specific reviewer, borer Reject All Shown rejects but the changes fabricated by that reviewer.

   • TapReject All to reject all changes in the document.

   • TapReject All & End Tracking to refuse all changes in the document and turn off Track Changes.

Delete comments (Give-and-take for iPhone)

1. Tap twice on a comment in the document to select it.

2. One the Review tab, tap Delete,then do one of the post-obit:

   • Tap Delete to delete only the selected comment.

   • Tap Delete All to delete all comments in the certificate.

     

3. To movement to another annotate without deleting it, tap the Previous or Adjacent icon.

Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/track-changes-in-word-197ba630-0f5f-4a8e-9a77-3712475e806a

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