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[h=2]Accepting and Rejecting Changes
[h=3]Accepting and Rejecting Changes
When you receive a Word document that has been edited using the Track Changes
feature, you will need to decide whether you want to accept or reject each of the changes.
[h=2]Accepting and Rejecting Changes
[h=5]To Accept of Reject Changes:
- Select View from the main menu.
- Select Toolbars
Reviewing. The Reviewing Toolbar will appear.
-
- Position your cursor next to the first proposed change.
- Click the Accept Change or Reject Change button.
- Use the Next and Previous buttons to navigate through each proposed change. Choose to accept or reject each change.
[h=2]Accepting and Rejecting Changes
[h=3]Challenge!
If you have not already done so in a previous Challenge, download and save the
Cover Letter.
- Use the Next and Previous buttons to review the changes.
- Use the Accept Changes button to accept several proposed changes.
- Use the Reject Change button to reject several proposed changes.
- Save and close the document.
[h=2]Inserting Comments
[h=3]Introduction
[h=4]By the end of this module, learners should be able to:
Insert comments into a Word document
[h=2]Inserting Comments
[h=3]Inserting Comments
Microsoft Word provides several tools for document collaboration. One of these features
allows you to insert comments into a document and provide suggestions to the
document's author without changing the original text.
[h=2]Inserting Comments
[h=5]To Insert a Comment:
Position your cursor next to the word where you would like to insert a comment.
Select
Insert
Comment from the main menu. The Reviewing toolbar will
appear at the top of the page and a
comment balloon will appear in the margin.
- Type your comment in the balloon.
- Click outside the balloon.
[h=2]Inserting Comments
[h=3]Challenge!
- Open any Word document on your computer.
- Insert at least three comments.
- Save and close the document.
[h=2]Viewing and Editing Comments
[h=3]Introduction
[h=4]By the end of this module, learners should be able to:
- View comments inserted by another person
- Edit comments inserted by another person
[h=2]Viewing and Editing Comments
[h=3]Viewing and Editing Comments
Word provides you with several document collaboration tools. One of these tools allows a person
to insert comments into a document, and a different person to view and edit those comments.
[h=2]Viewing and Editing Comments
[h=5]To View and Edit Comments:
- Select View
Markup from the main menu.
- View the comments in each comment balloon and decide whether to modify the document based on the comment.
- Right-click each comment balloon after reviewing the comment.
- Click the Next Tool on the Reviewing Toolbar to move to the next comment in the document.
[h=2]Viewing and Editing Comments
[h=3]Challenge!
- Open any Word document on your computer.
- Insert at least three comments.
- Save and close the document.
- View each comment balloon.
- Edit the document, as necessary.
- Delete all the comments in the document.
[h=2]Comparing and Merging Documents
[h=3]Introduction
[h=4]By the end of this module, learners should be able to:
- Compare two Word documents
- Merge two documents into one document
- View suggested changes in the new, merged document
[h=2]Comparing and Merging Documents
[h=3]Compare and Merge Feature
The Compare and Merge feature of Microsoft Word allows you to
compare two documents and merge them into one document.
[h=2]Comparing and Merging Documents
[h=5]To Compare and Merge Two Documents:
Open one of the files you would like to compare and merge.
Select
Tools
Compare and Merge Documents... from the main
menu. The Compare and Merge Documents dialog box will appear.
- Select the document you wish to work with.
- Click the drop-down arrow on the Merge button.
- Select Merge into current document to merge the two documents you selected into one document.
Use the
Reviewing toolbar to either accept or reject each proposed change.
[h=2]Comparing and Merging Documents
[h=3]Challenge!
If you have not already done so in a previous Challenge, download and
save the
Cover Letter document. Also, please download and save another version of the Cover Letter document,
Cover Letter2.
- Open the Cover Letter document in Word.
- Compare and Merge this document with Cover Letter2.
- Save and close the new, merged document.
[h=2]Creating New Documents Using Templates
[h=3]Introduction
[h=4]By the end of this module, learners should be able to:
Create new documents using the templates feature
[h=2]Creating New Documents Using Templates
[h=3]Creating New Documents Using the Templates Feature
Microsoft Word provides several ways to create a new document. You can start with a new, blank
document or you can use a predefined template. A template is a sample document, or pattern, that you can personalize.
[h=2]Creating New Documents Using Templates
[h=5]To Use a Template:
Select
File
New from the main menu. The New Document task pane will appear.
Look in the
Templates section of the New Document task pane. You can access templates from three locations:
- Templates on Office Online
Select
On my computer to view templates that are preloaded on your computer.
Click one of the eight
category tabs:
- General
- Legal Pleadings
- Letters & Faxes
- Mail Merge
- Memos
- Other Documents
- Publications
- Reports
Select one of the templates to view it in the
Preview section.
- Click OK. The template will appear in your Word window.
- Insert your text into the template.
- Save and close the document.
[h=2]Creating New Documents Using Templates
[h=3]Challenge!
- Look at several of the templates on your computer.
- Select on of those templates.
- Enter text into the template.
- Save and close the document.
[h=2]Using Mail Merge
[h=3]Introduction
[h=4]By the end of this module, learners should be able to:
- Use Mail Merge to create a data source
- Use Mail Merge to create a form letter
- Use the Mail Merge wizard to explore other opportunities for labels, envelopes, etc.