How to turn off track changes in microsoft word
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To turn off Track Changes in Word, launch your document with the app, access the "Review" tab, and select Tracking > Track Changes. If the button is grayed out, you"ll need khổng lồ enter the password the tác giả used lớn lock the document.
Not every change needs to be tracked in your document. You can disable the Track Changes feature in Microsoft Word even if your document is locked. We’ll show you how to vì that as well as how to remove existing track changes and print your document with track changes hidden.
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How lớn Stop Tracking Changes in WordWhat to bởi If You Can"t Turn Track Changes OffHow to lớn Remove Existing Track Changes in WordPrint a Word Document Without Tracked Changes
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How to Stop Tracking Changes in Word
To begin disabling Track Changes so your future edits in the document aren’t highlighted, launch the Word ứng dụng and mở cửa your document.
When your document opens, in Word’s ribbon at the top, select the “Review” tab.
On the “Review” tab, select Tracking > Track Changes. This will disable the feature.
What to bởi If You Can’t Turn Track Changes Off
If “Track Changes” is grayed out và you can’t click it, your document’s author has locked the feature. In this case, you’ll need the password (if one was phối up) that was used khổng lồ lock the feature to lớn unlock it.
Once you’ve obtained the password, in Word’s “Review” tab, click “Tracking” và choose the down-arrow icon next to lớn “Track Changes.”
In the open menu, select “Lock Tracking.”
On the “Unlock Tracking” window, enter your password và select “OK.”
To now turn off the feature, select Tracking > Track Changes.
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And that’s it. The feature is now disabled.
You can confirm that by making an edit to your document. You’ll find that Word no longer records and highlights your changes.
How lớn Remove Existing Track Changes in Word
If you’d like to get rid of all the existing tracked changes, then either accept or reject all those changes. You can vì this by accessing Word’s “Review” tab & choosing Accept > Accept All Changes or Reject > Reject All Changes.
Remember that accepting all changes makes all suggested changes become permanent, and rejecting all changes means all suggestions will disappear. If you accidentally chose the wrong option, use Ctrl+Z to lớn undo your mistake.
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Print a Word Document Without Tracked Changes
If you’d like to keep your tracked changes but you don’t want lớn see them when you print the document, configure your print options as follows.
First, launch your document with Word. Then, in the app’s top-left corner, click “File.”
In the left sidebar, click “Print.” Then, in the middle column, select “Print All Pages.”
In the xuất hiện menu, disable the “Print Markup” option.
You can now print your document & it won’t include your tracked changes. You’re all set.
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