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This wikiHow teaches you how to use the Track Changes tool to mark up text in a Microsoft Word document.
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Open the Word document. You can double-click the document's name to open it in Word. Alternatively, open Word (it's in the Windows menu on a PC and the Applications folder on a Mac), click File , click Open , then select the document.
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Click the Review tab. It's at the top of the screen.Advertisement
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Click Track Changes . It's also at the top of the screen. Look for the sheet of paper icon with a yellow pencil. Now all future changes to the document will appear as colored markup.
- For example, if you delete something you've typed, it won't actually disappear. Instead, it'll will appear crossed-out. Newly typed text will be underlined. [1] X Research source
- Click Track Changes again to turn off further markups.
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1. Open the document.
2. Click Review
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3. Click Track Changes
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