Authors working with editors need to know how to use Track Changes in Word because that’s how your editor shows you what they’ve done. Without it, you’d have to look at the old document and compare it to the edited one to see their changes.
It’s a good idea to check the changes they’ve made for two reasons: in case they’ve changed something such that it doesn’t say what you wanted it to say, and so that you learn from their corrections.
The Track Changes function allows you to communicate and collaborate with your editor in a way that is difficult to do without using that function – unless you can get together physically, of course. But most editors work remotely these days. You’re no longer stuck with whoever is in your area.
Watch the video to see how to use Track Changes in Word
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