Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated August 19, 2023)
This tip applies to Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
If you use the Track Changes feature of Word, you know how your document looks as you make changes. Added text is shown in some different color, and deleted text is shown with a strikethrough or in balloons to the side of your text. You may want to change how Word shows your changed text. Fortunately, Word allows you great flexibility in this area. To make your configuration changes, follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Track Changes tab of the Options dialog box.
In Word 97 and Word 2000, the Track Changes tab allows you to specify four different ways in which changes can be tracked:
In Word 2002 and Word 2003 the options available on the Track Changes tab are a bit different:
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