WorkShop: Manage Change Tracking
Topic 2: Track changes, Try-it
1. Open L2_T2_try_September_field_trips_starter.docx.
2. Go to the Review tab, from the Tracking group, select the Track Changes command or
from the context menu select Track Changes.
3. In the second paragraph of the document change Maple Elementary to the name of your
school. Then, in the same sentence change Shelbyville to the name of your town.
4. Ask students to change the username for tracked changes to their own nickname.
a. Select the Review tab, in Tracking group, select the dialog box launcher.
b. The Track Changes Options dialog box displays. Select Change UserName.
c. The Word Options dialog box displays, displaying the General area. Within the
Personalize your copy of Microsoft Office section, select the Always use these values
regardless of sign in to Office check box, and then update the User name and Initials
fields.
5. Select OK in the Word Options dialog box and then select OK in the Track Changes dialog
box.
Note: You can also get to the Word Options dialog box by selecting the
File tab. Then from the Backstage view area, select Options.
6. In the second paragraph, change the date to a date your school will visit Munson’s.
7. Ask to change the username for tracked changes to their second name or nickname.
a. Select the Review tab, in the Tracking group, select the dialog box launcher.
b. The Track Changes Options dialog box displays. Select Change Username.
c. The Word Options dialog box displays, displaying the General area. Within the
Personalize your copy of Microsoft Office section, select the Always use these values
regardless of sign in to Office check box, and then update the User name and Initials
fields.
8. Make the beginning of the document, Munson’s Pickles and Preserves Farm Field trips
in September bold by selecting the Home tab and selecting Bold in the Font group.
9. Change the username for tracked changes back to another name or nickname.
a. Select the Review tab, in Tracking group, select the dialog box launcher.
b. The Track Changes Options dialog box displays. Select Change Username.
c. The Word Options dialog box displays, displaying the General area. Within the
Personalize your copy of Microsoft Office section, select the Always use these values
regardless of sign in to Office check box, and then update the User name and Initials
fields.
10. Go to the Review tab, in the Tracking group, select Track Changes, and select Lock
Tracking. Enter the same password in both fields and select OK.
11. Observe which tracked changes commands are available. The Track Changes command is
unavailable.
12. Go to the Review tab, in the Tracking group, select Track Changes, and select Lock
Tracking. In the Unlock Tracking dialog box, enter the password, and select OK. The Track
Changes command can be enabled now.
13. Observe each of the changes made by going to the Review tab, and in the Changes group,
selecting Previous Change or Next Change.
14. Go to Review tab, in the Tracking group, change the Display for Review field. Select
Simple Markup, All Markup, No Markup, or Original and then observe the tracked
changes in this view.
15. Go to the Review tab, Changes group, select Accept, and select one of the Accept choices
from the context menu or Reject, and select one of the Reject choices from the context
menu.
16. Turn Track Changes off by going to the Review tab, and in the Tracking group, selecting
Track Changes.
17. Save your work.