# Use Review Mode in Word Online

**URL:** https://www.compsmag.com/blogs/use-review-mode-in-word-online/
**Author:** Ayushi Chauhan
**Published:** 2022-08-30
**Updated:** 2022-08-30
**Categories:** Blogs
**Tags:** Blogs Daily, Google tips and tutorials, guiderobert, Guides and Tutorials, guiding12, How To Guide, How To Guides, Originals How to, Tips, Tricks
**Reading Time:** 4 min

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The article explains how to **Use Track Changes in Microsoft Word.** with the word free Mobile Microsoft Word application, you can edit Word documents on your smartphone and read them on laptops, desktops and tablets.  Word Mobile falls short when it comes to writing and editing business documents.  Follow the steps below.

Tracking changes in Microsoft Word can be a lifesaver if you work on projects with a team or highlight contracts with red lines.  Microsoft Word's built-in Track Changes tool makes the procedure much more manageable.  even if you're not working on complicated tasks like contracts, mergers, or bestselling books.  Schoolwork and other small group projects can also benefit from using Track Changes.  Here is the article to track changes in Word.

## Steps to turn track changes on and off

**Step 1:** Select the **Analysis** tab on the ribbon.

**Step 2:** Select tracking changes button in the Tracking group.  O button will appear darker than the rest of the ribbon when Track Changes is on.

**Step 3:** Select the **route changes** button  again to disable tracking.

## How to    Show and hide track changes

You can control how comments and edits appear using the View for Review and Show Markup menus in the Tracking group on the ribbon.

**Step 1:** Select the **View for review** drop-down menu to choose how edits and comments are displayed.  The options are (A) **simple dialing**(B) **all tags**(Ç) **Unmarked**and (D) **Original**.

**Step 2:** Select the **show markup** drop-down menu to choose what features Track Changes is displayed.

## How to    Delete text with track changes

**Step 1:** Select the text you want to delete.

**Step 2:** Select the **Delete** key on your keyboard.  Deleted text will appear strikethrough in the All Markup view.

## How to    Insert text with track changes

**Step 1:** Place the cursor where you want to insert the new text.

**Step 2:** Enter the new text.  The insert will appear with an underline in the All Markup view.

## How to    Replace text with track changes

**Step 1:** Select the text you want to replace.

**Step 2:** Enter replacement text.  The original text will appear strikethrough and the replacement text will appear with an underline in the All Markup view.

## How to    Change formatting with change tracking

Formatting includes font style, font size, font color, italics, bold font, underline, superscript and subscript, indents, alignment, and margins.

**Step 1:** Select the text you want to reformat.

**Step 2:** Change the format.  Track Changes will automatically display the change with its other markup if you have selected the formatting in the Show Markup section of the Tracking group.

## How to    Accept or reject tracking changes

Edits created with Track Changes must be accepted before they become part of your document.  You can accept or reject edits individually or all at once to the text or ribbon by following any of the three methods below.

### Accept or reject edits individually from within the text

**Step 1:** Right-click the insert, delete, or replace text.

**Step 2:** Select **To accept** or **Reject** on the shortcut menu.

### Accept or reject edits individually on the ribbon

**Step 1:** Click or select insert, delete, or replace text.

**Step 2:** Select the **To accept** or **Reject** button  in the Changes group.

### Accept or reject all edits

Unless you are very confident in the experience of your reviewers, I strongly advise against accepting or rejecting all edits without first checking each one for accuracy.

**Step 1:** Select the **To accept** or **Reject** menu arrow in the Changes group.

**Step 2:** Select your preferred option: **Accept/reject all changes** or **Accept/Reject All Changes and Stop Tracking**.

## Conclusion

Here they are final from our article how to use proofing mode in Word online.  The main word processing program on the market today is Microsoft Word.  Its features far surpass those offered by Google Docs if you want to use graphical components in presentations.  The article is now complete and you know how to turn Track Changes on and off.

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