How to Use Track Changes and Comments in Microsoft Word (2023 Update for PC & Mac)

[@erinwrightwriting]

All the steps shown here are listed with images on my website at erinwrightwriting.com/use-track-changes-microsoft-word/. Thank you for watching!

[@stephanieruthlessly7499]

You are such a gifted teacher. Thank you.

[@erinwrightwriting]

That is the nicest compliment! Thank you for watching!

[@debra2107]

Hi Erin--I can't thank you enough for this tutorial--you have become my official Word guru!

[@erinwrightwriting]

That means the world to me, Debra! Thank you so much!

[@coloredpencils01]

Thank you for this great tutorial that I can send to my digitally challenged clients!

[@erinwrightwriting]

Thank you for watching! I hope your clients find it helpful!

[@teamvbs5668]

Was driving me crazy with these edits and this showed me so easily how to use. Thanks!!

[@erinwrightwriting]

Thank you for watching! I wish you all the best with your Word project!

[@patriciadanna7433]

Excellent information....really needed those tutorials on "comments." Thanks.

[@erinwrightwriting]

Thank you so much, Patricia!

[@tethysmaiden]

Thank you for this! I'm learning how to become an editor and your videos are gold!

[@erinwrightwriting]

I am delighted to hear this! I wish you all the best in your editing career!

[@tethysmaiden]

@@erinwrightwriting Thank you! ^_^

[@tethysmaiden]

@@erinwrightwriting I have a question! Do you have any videos on how to format margins for a 6x9 for an eBook and paperback book on word for Amazon? I keep finding videos that give different answers. I watched your video on margins, but how would I do that with a title page or eBook? I appreciate all of your videos! :)

[@erinwrightwriting]

@@tethysmaiden Excellent question! I don't have a tutorial on that topic, but I will definitely start to do some research. eBooks can be very temperamental (format-wise), so I hesitate to offer any advice until I can offer something that I know will work on multiple reading platforms.

[@tethysmaiden]

@@erinwrightwriting Thank you so much for your response! I greatly appreciate it! :) I would definitely watch a tutorial on that from you!

[@2Fa2Bu]

The best explanation so far. Thank you so much.

[@erinwrightwriting]

I am so happy to hear that! Thank you for watching!

[@Orangesky3]

Thank you Erin. This tutorial was instantly helpful.

[@erinwrightwriting]

I am very happy to hear that! Thank you for watching!

[@ElaineFoster101]

VERY helpful. You are an excellent teacher.

[@erinwrightwriting]

Thank you so much, Elaine!

[@AlannaJudge]

Thank you so much for this! It is very helpful!

[@erinwrightwriting]

I am so glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching!

[@savy948]

Thank you dear Erin.

[@erinwrightwriting]

Thank you for watching!

[@AnrichMarais]

Thank you Erin, very helpful!

[@erinwrightwriting]

I am so glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching!

[@omarel-ghezawi6466]

Excellent and well done. Thank you.

[@erinwrightwriting]

I appreciate your kind words! Thank you for watching!

[@ahmedrazacontent1351]

Thank you miss you great explain.

[@erinwrightwriting]

Thank you so much!

[@srm618]

Thank you for your helpful video. I would like to understand how to finalize the document for sharing so that others are not able to see all my changes that were tracked?

[@erinwrightwriting]

Great question! If you want to keep a record of your tracking, first save the file under a slightly different file name. Then, in the new file select Accept All Changes and Stop Tracking. Then, switch from All Markup to Original view and save the file. You can then send that new file to others and they shouldn't be able to see your tracking.

[@shafayaternur9164]

thanks a lot.

[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@olakembiletstalkrealestate]

Thanks

[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@lv9178]

Thanks for the video, I’m wondering if there is a way to have the old type of comments using the word for mac? I don’t want the answer option below and I want a line on my text leading to the comment and can’t find how to change this

[@erinwrightwriting]

Thank you for watching! If you are using Word for Microsoft 365 for Mac, there no longer appears to be a way to revert to the old version of comments.

[@tanishaesparza6495]

Can you show how to remove an indention in Track Changes, please? I tried highlighting the line that needed to be left aligned but nothing happened when I clicked on "align left" in the paragraph box.

[@erinwrightwriting]

Thank you for watching! If you want Track Changes to show formatting changes, ensure that All Markup is selected in the Display for Review Menu and Formatting is checked in the Show Markup menu. (Both menus are in the Tracking group in the Review tab). I hope that helps!

[@ct7526]

If you accept a track change of a figure # will it automatically update if you add a figure before it (i.e. will the figure number increase)? Or would you need to update the field? Wondering if there's an impact to accepting a change before you finish editing the entire document.

[@erinwrightwriting]

Thank you for watching! In theory, the figure numbers should automatically update. However, when working with Track Changes, issues do arise, so I suggest accepting or rejecting all the changes before adding additional figures and then doublechecking the numbers. I wish you all the best with your Word project!

[@ranashaheb8560]

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[@erinwrightwriting]

Thank you for watching!

[@denisemartens5318]

How do I amend the black arrows at the beginning of text that link to the Contents menu please?

[@erinwrightwriting]

Thank you for watching! Can you explain a bit more about how you would like to change the arrows?

[@georgeluther1903]

Does this disable coauthoring?

[@erinwrightwriting]

Great question! Tracking and comments shouldn't affect co-authoring. Thank you for watching!

[@videorao]

How can I view only unresolved comments ? Say there are around 50 comments in the file and 45 are already resolved. Now I want to see only remaining 5 comments by clicking on next comment button. It would be easy to respond on them for resolving. But currently when I click on next comment, Word is going to 1st comment in the doc even though it is resolved and then if I click next button again, it is going to next comment even though that is also resolved already. How to enable Word to go to next unresolved comment ? I am using Word for Microsoft 365. I don't see the options of activating contextual / List display in Word. Pls help.

[@erinwrightwriting]

Thank you for watching! That sounds like a frustrating issue. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to replicate your situation. When I select the Show Comments button in the Review tab (rather than Contextual or List) to display the comment balloons, and then press Next, the software moves to the next unresolved comment. I wish you all the best in finding a solution!

[@documentaries9920]

how to add a reviewer name

[@erinwrightwriting]

Thank you so much for watching! Normally, the reviewer names are added automatically as different people review the document. Can you share a bit more about the information you are looking for?