Using MS Word Track Changes

In this Office Hours session, we took a quick look at MS Word track changes, what it is, and how we can make use of it. Here is the replay of that session. If you’d like a bit more in-depth look at track changes, you can watch this video that is in the Life Writers library: MS Word Track Changes.

In this video:

00:00:20 - Assessments attached to the last two video lessons

00:01:30 - How to punctuate lists of phrases, when a semicolon is necessary, sentence fragments

00:06:18 - "The Fourth State of Matter" by Jo Ann Beard

00:07:48 - When you need help to organize your wealth of information

00:12:54 - New LW features--ability to add attachments to support emails, lesson assessments, jumplinks, office hours topics for discussion

00:18:52 - Monthly feedback group moved to fifth Tuesday, November 30

00:20:08 - Lesson on using MS Word track changes

00:35:44 - How to print a clean copy of a document with track changes

00:37:04 - How to use track changes when drafting a story of your own

00:43:30 - Turning track changes off and on as needed

00:46:20 - How to accept/reject each change when you received a document edited with track changes

00:49:10 - Ways to process feedback from multiple people

00:51:15 - Not overwriting your text but creating multiple versions

00:53:30 - Track Changes video in library: https://lifewriters.us/courses/ms-tools/track-changes/

00:57:03 - Email from Helen Fremont, author of "After Long Silence"

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PDF Sample Track Changes Document

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