Graciela has a huge document with many changes that were made with Track Changes turned on. Some of these changes are formatting changes and some of them are of other types, such as textual edits. Graciela would like to accept all the formatting changes but not the other types of changes. She is curious of there is an "accept all" command that will accept only the formatting changes.
The answer depends on the version of Word you are using. If you are using Word 2002 and Word 2003, follow these steps:
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2018-10-13 08:08:43
Metamorph
The tip says that this advice applies to Word 2002 and Word 2003. What's different about handling this issue in later versions of Word?
2016-10-18 15:35:26
Art Osgatharp
You can turn off format tracking before you begin editing using the following steps in Word 2016 (not sure about other versions):
1. Click the arrow on bottom right corner of Review...Tracking on the ribbon.
2. Click Advanced Options.
3. Uncheck the "Track formatting" option. Click OK.
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