Word 2003 Track Changes?

[Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>]

Chris Morton wondered: <<I'm using Word 2003. When engaging Track  
Changes, I'm used to seeing my insertions, deletions, et al., marked  
up in another color. I'm talking about real-time, before my very  
eyes. For some reason, selecting Tools > Track Changes displays a  
toolbar, but my edits are not being displayed in a marked up manner.  
What am I forgetting to engage?>>

There are two likely possibilities.

First, look over at the left side of the Reviewing toolbar. You want  
to select "Show final [or "original"] and markup". If you choose only  
"Show final", you'll get the results of your edits but won't see how  
you got there; the changes are still tracked, but Word doesn't  
highlight them until you tell it to do so.

Second, you may need to change the display settings. Somewhere around  
Word XP (the version before 2003), Microsoft changed how this setting  
works. You'll need to open the Tools menu, select Options, and then  
select the Track Changes tab. As in previous versions, you get to  
specify what formatting you want to use to show your changes (e.g.,  
strikethrough for deletions), but you'll also have to specify that  
color should be used (this is no longer automatic). For example,  
changing the formatting to boldface won't show color unless you also  
select a color; selecting "color only" will show color.

Many other useful tips in my book (see below). <g>

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