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Before you share your document, remove any markup by accepting or rejecting tracked changes.

Important:  Important: To remove tracked changes, you must accept or reject them. Choosing the No Markup view only temporarily hides changes. They will be visible again the next time someone opens the document.

Accept or reject changes one at a time

Track, accept or reject changes in Word

  1. Click or tap at the beginning of the document.

  2. On the Review tab, go to Tracking.

  3. Select Accept or Reject. As you accept or reject changes, Word will move to the next change.

  4. Repeat until you've reviewed all changes in your document.

Tip: To review changes in the document without accepting or rejecting them, select Next or Previous.

Accept or reject all changes

  1. On the Review tab, go to Tracking.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • In the Accept drop-down list, select Accept All Changes.

    • In the Reject drop-down list, select Reject All Changes. Drop down with Accept All Changes option in Word

Tips: 

  • To do a final check, run Document Inspector. This tool checks for tracked changes and comments, hidden text, personal names in properties, and other information.

  • To run Document Inspector, go to File Info Check for Issues and select Inspect Document.

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