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Microsoft Word: To Track or Not to Track Changes

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

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. You may find that both tiny details and big-picture edits cause you-and your reviewers-to want less tracking, not more. Making the change without tracking it is a good idea.

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Writing & Grammar: Ways to Deal With Tracked Changes Aversion

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

In my classes on editing with Word, I hear one complaint more than any other: "The people whose writing I am reviewing do not know how to use tracked changes." " "My boss hates tracked changes." These are usually easy to fix, but show that they have trouble reading the document with the changes tracked."

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7 Things About eLearning Your CEO/Executive Director Wants to Know

Association eLearning

We all have a boss and even our best ideas require an explanation, so before you get an LMS, start designing courses, and tracking learner progress, you’ll need to get his or her approval. So here are some facts to take to the boss: A 2014 MIT study proved that eLearning is just as effective as traditional learning.

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TRAIN at 21: A Partnership between The Public Health Foundation and KMI Learning

KMI Learning

The Need : Following the devastating events of September 11th, it was painfully clear that our public health workers and first responders required the necessary tools and training to effectively deal with a wide range of public safety threats.

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Writing & Grammar: Where Did My Name Go?

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

He had carefully followed the procedure for protecting the document for tracked changes, and he had sent it to four people. In Word 2003, that function is found under Tools > Options > User Information. Some of his reviewers were working in Word 2003. We were, however, on the right track now.

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HRIS + LMS integration | Why your HRIS needs a LMS

Docebo

…shooting your wedding photos on a 2003 Motorola RAZR. In fact, even if an HRIS delivers employee training effectively (big if), it’s still missing more than half of most business’ learning needs. If you’re currently leaning on HR software for your learning needs, allow us to perform an exorcism-by-analogy.

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Microsoft Word: Customize the Status Bar

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

When you are using Track Changes in MS Word, sometimes you need to turn the tracking off for a second to make some minor correction "off the record" and then quickly turn the tracking back on.  Now if you are a Track Changes guru, you have probably memorized the keyboard shortcut: Control-Shift-E.

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