Chapter 33 -- Revising Documents Using Markup Tools

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Chapter 33

As you probably know, many finished documents (this book is a prime example) 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. This team collaboration can be simplified tremendously by using Microsoft 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 in 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, as long as you configure Word's markup features properly. 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.