How to Use Track Changes in Microsoft Word

Please watch the updated version of this tutorial at • How to Use Track Chang... . Learn how to use Track Changes in Microsoft Word, including insertions, deletions, format changes, and comments, as well as accepting and rejecting other reviewers' markups.
*This video was filmed in Word 2016. However, the steps are the same in Word for Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365), Word 2019, Word 2013, and Word 2010.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:46 Turn On Track Changes
1:11 Display Track Changes
2:51 Delete Text with Track Changes
3:02 Insert Text with Track Changes
3:17 Replace Text with Track Changes
3:30 Change Formats with Track Changes
3:50 Accept or Reject Markups with Track Changes
4:54 Insert Comments
5:39 Delete Comments
6:20 Display the Reviewing Pane
💻 View this tutorial’s corresponding blog post at erinwrightwriting.com/use-tra....
💻 All my Track Changes videos can be found in this playlist: • How to Use Track Chang...
💻 Please visit my blog at erinwrightwriting.com for more information on writing, editing, and document software.
If you have a specific question about Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat, please leave your question in the comment section below. Although I can’t guarantee that I will be able to accommodate all requests, I will certainly make an effort to create as many viewer-requested videos as possible.
Thank you for watching!
#microsoftword #microsoft365 #trackchanges
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You're a life saver! A publisher sent me my copy edited MS and I didn't know how to track the comments and suggest changes. This tutorial is wonderfully clear. Thanks.

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Excellent tutorial. I have been using Word for a long time, only for writing with formats, never for editing and markup. Erin explains each step clearly without hurry and fast talk so I could go back and forth an open Word document to try out the moves. It was like someone by my side guiding me through each step. One step though was not touched - saving the document.

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All the basics are here for immediate and effective use of track changes. I have sent it to all of my team. Thanks Erin, you have done a great job, very helpful.

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I am so happy to hear that! If your team is using Word for Microsoft 365 (the annual subscription), I have an updated version of this tutorial that touches on the new comment system: th-cam.com/video/1-gby_qDsHo/w-d-xo.html.

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