Let us imagine the following situation: we write a workbook for our students with exercises. The workbook is comprehensive enough to be 60 pages long and have hundreds of exercises inside. We then give the workbook to our colleague of department, who proceeds then to modify dozens of exercises according to his criteria. Then he sends his version to you, and asks you to check the modifications and see if you are ok with them.
The problem now arises when you have to recheck the full workbook to see what has been changed.
Activity 7: Ask the class: How could have your colleague made it easier for you? What can you do now to check the changes?
When we want to modify a document with the intention to send a new version to the previous owner of the document, it is highly recommend tracking the changes. Tracking the changes puts Word in review mode, and every modification you make to the document will be registered as such and marked in the document, along with the old version. In addition to tracking the changes, we can also make comments into some parts of the text.
To enable the review mode, activate Review -> Track Changes:
FIGURE 8: REVIEWING OUR DOCUMENT. IN (1) WE SEE THE LINES WITH CHANGES, IN (2) WE SEE THE SENTENCES THAT HAVE CHANGED AND IN THE COMMENTS PANE (3) WE SEE THE AUTHOR’S COMMENTS
Activity 8: What if I want to track the changes one by one? What if I want to see a comprehensive list of changes? Ask the class and give them a couple of minutes to investigate and find out.
