Word 2012 uses strikethrough instead of deleting

[cjthelder]

I work with lots of long documents. We just updated this morning t
Word 2010. When tracking changes, I am used to and prefer deletions t
be in the right side-bar, as they were in earlier versions. Instead
Word 2010 uses strike-through text to show they are deleted, and put
the replacement text right next to it, inline. This makes a documen
very difficult to read and edit further. Our documents go throug
several people's hands, and this is horrible, to say the least. I trie
to search all strike-through text and replace it with nothing, but i
will not accomplish the task. There ought to be a way to set up m
options to delete the text "the old way" so the document is mor
legible, but for the life of me I cannot figure it out. I woul
appreciate help on this conundrum. Thanks in advance

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

I use Word2007, and that's the default way it's handled tracking
changes since at least Word2003.

In the Track Changes Options, you can set them to display however
you'd like. (In 2007, they're on the Review tab, Track Changes group.)

But if the "several people's" changes don't all appear in different
colors, then you've already altered at least one of the out-of-the-box
settings.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You just need to enable balloons.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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