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AUGUST 12, 2010
Click the bottom half of the Track Changes tool, and select Change Tracking Options. If you choose By author , Word automatically assigns each person who comments on the document a different color. At the bottom of the Styles pane, click the Manage Styles tool. Tags: Writing & Grammar. You find this from the Review tab.
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JULY 28, 2010
When the copies came back, every change was marked as coming from "Author." In Word 2003, that function is found under Tools > Options > User Information. In Word 2007, that is found under Office Button > Word Options > Popular. On most documents, that tool is grayed out as unavailable.
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The Logical Blog by IconLogic
NOVEMBER 5, 2010
by Jennie Ruby Track Changes in Microsoft Word is an indispensible tool for editing, but it is not the best tool for the job in every editorial situation. Even if a reviewer of the edited document wanted Power Point to be printed with a space, you would not allow it, because PowerPoint is the proper name of the software.
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AUGUST 6, 2010
" Editors and publications people take my classes, but then express despair at the thought of getting their colleagues to cooperate in doing their reviews with the software: "I can see a fight coming." I have also had success including a brief how-to about the Comments tool. Tags: Writing & Grammar.
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JULY 15, 2010
When WordPerfect came out with their "redlining" feature, I jumped on it, but stick-in-the-mud reviewers and authors balked, claiming the marked up text was hard to read. Word 2007 and 2010 solve that with an elegant green double-strikethrough and double-underline format with links between the moved from and moved to locations.
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
APRIL 20, 2010
You can restructure or recast a sentence to put information in the order the reader needs it: Original: Click the Chart tool from the Illustrations group on the Insert tab. Your reader cannot see the Chart tool until the Insert tab is selected. Recast: From the Insert tab, Illustrations group, click the Chart tool.
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
MAY 18, 2010
Your readers have seen other publications that use capitalization for the names of on-screen tools and buttons, and the tools themselves display names that are usually capitalized. For software training documents, follow the on-screen displayed names of things. Tags: Writing & Grammar.
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