[blindLaw] Inserting Track-Changes

[Angie Matney]

Two other techniques that may help, depending on the situation: 

You can accept all changes, edit a clean document with track changes off, and then use the compare option in Word to generate a track-changes document. This works if you are the sole reviewer. 

You can also set the view to show no markup. This will (mostly) present a clean document to you that you can edit as normal, but your edits will show up as tracked changes. 

The keystrokes to access these may depend on your version of Office. In Office 365, I access the compare option with alt+r followed by m, and then I believe I press enter at that point. For markup, the sequence is alt+r, t, d, and then you can cycle through the available options until you find "no markup." 

And yeah, it seems track-changes can be vexing for just about anyone. Good luck. 


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> On May 19, 2023, at 6:06 PM, Derek Manners via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> If you have a redlining software like litera or changepro, you can make changes like normal, then create a redline that inserts track changes that can be accepted or rejected. We often do this for clients rather than working directly in track changes since they are messy, even for sighted folks. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On May 19, 2023, at 5:29 PM, Jen Barrow via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi, All. The recent thread about working with documents that have been
>> redlined caused me to think of this question: What methods do you use when
>> you're the one redlining or inserting proposed changes into a document that
>> was drafted by junior staff or interns? I've tried reviewing and revising
>> docs using track-changes but the result was not great- I felt that I
>> introduced more problems into the document than I fixed. As a work around, I
>> use the "add comment" feature to revise text or propose changes instead of
>> wrestling with track-changes. I supplement this by adding proposed text
>> right into the document bracketed by **. While these methods make sense to
>> me, they have been confusing for some sighted people who are used to
>> track-changes. Just curious what the rest of you do and if I could steal any
>> ideas- or if you are successfully using track-changes to revise the work of
>> others.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Jen 
>> 
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