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Editing with MS Word

Using Track Changes and Insert Comment:

The average user is unaware of 2 editing features in MS Word. Once users learn how to uses "track changes" and "insert comment", they find the tools very helpful with editing.

Click here to see how one PHS teacher used editing with MS Word.

Directions for use:

Track changes while you edit
- Open the document you want to revise.
- On the Tools menu, click Track Changes.
- To stop tracking changes, go to Tools menu, and click Track Changes.

Insert Comments
- Select the text or item you want to comment (comment: A note or annotation that an author or reviewer adds to a document. Microsoft Word displays the comment in a balloon in the margin of the document or in the Reviewing Pane.) on, or click at the end of the text.
- On the Insert menu, click Comment.
- Type the comment text in the comment balloon (balloons: In print layout view or Web layout view, markup balloons show markup elements, such as comments and tracked changes, in the margins of your document. Use these balloons to easily see and respond to reviewers' changes and comments.).

Example:
Click here to see an example of a teacher's lesson that includes MS Word editing.

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Last modified:02/06/2009