Chapter 27: Revising Documents Using Markup Tools

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Overview

As you probably know, many finished documents (e.g., this book) reflect the efforts of a group of people who worked together to create a polished product. For example, you might be involved with a single document that was written by an author, modified by an editor, commented on by a technical reviewer, and inspected and approved by a project manager. Such team collaboration can be simplified tremendously by using Word.

In Word, numerous people can review the same document and incorporate their changes and comments with other people's changes and comments. After participants add their two cents' worth to a document, others in the group can insert responses directly into the document. Throughout the process, Word can dutifully track and color-code everyone's comments and changes, so long as you configure Word's markup features properly. Word 2003 incorporates modifications to the Track Changes feature that give you greater control over how changes and comments appear online. In addition, Word 2003 offers new ink options that you can use to add comments and annotations when you're using Word on a Tablet PC. In this chapter, you'll learn to use Word's markup features and reviewing options so that you can maximize your collaboration efforts when you work with others on documents.

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