Before you share your document, remove any markup by accepting or rejecting tracked changes and deleting comments.
Important: To remove tracked changes, you must accept or reject them. To remove comments, you must delete them. Choosing the No Markup view only temporarily hides changes and comments. They will be visible again the next time someone opens the document.
Accept or reject changes one at a time
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Click or tap at the beginning of the document.
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On the Review tab, go to Changes.
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Select Accept or Reject. As you accept or reject changes, Word will move to the next change.
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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
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On the Review tab, go to Changes.
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Do one of the following:
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In the Accept drop-down list, select Accept All Changes.
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In the Reject drop-down list, select Reject All Changes.
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Delete Comments one at a time
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Select a comment.
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On the Review tab, go to Comments and select Delete.
Delete all comments
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Select a comment.
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On the Review tab, go to Comments.
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In the Delete drop-down list, select Delete All Comments in Document.
Tips:
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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.
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To run Document Inspector, go to File > Info > Check for Issues and select Inspect Document.
Accept or reject changes one by one
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Click or tap at the beginning of the document
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On the Review tab, select Accept or Reject. As you accept or reject changes, Word will move to the next change.
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Repeat until you've reviewed all of the changes in your document.
Tip: To move through changes in the document without accepting or rejecting them, select Next or Previous.
Accept or reject all changes
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Go to the Review tab.
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Do one of the following: Changes and do one of the following:
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In the Accept drop-down list, select Accept All Changes.
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In the Reject drop-down list, select Reject all Changes.
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Delete comments one by one
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Select a comment.
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On the Review tab, select Delete.
Delete all comments
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Go to the Review tab.
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In the Delete drop-down list, select Delete All Comments in Document.
Accept or reject changes
You can review each change in sequence and decide whether to accept or reject the change.
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Click or tap at the beginning of the document.
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On the Review tab, go to Tracking.
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Select Accept or Reject. As you accept or reject changes, Word will move to the next change.
Tip: To review changes in the document without accepting or rejecting them, select Next or Previous.
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Repeat until you've reviewed all of the changes in your document.
Accept or reject a single change
Rather than move through changes in sequence, you can accept or reject a single change. When you accept or reject the change, Word will not move to the next change in the document.
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Right-click the change and select the option to accept or reject it.
Accept changes
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Tap twice on a change in the document to select it.
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On the Review tab, tap the Accept icon.
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Do one of the following:
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Tap Accept & Move to Next to accept the change and move to the next change in the document.
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Tap Accept Deletion, Accept Insertion, or Accept Change to accept the selected change, identified contextually by type, and not move to the next change in the document.
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Tap Accept All Shown to accept all changes that are visible, but not changes that are hidden. For example, if you're viewing only changes made by a specific reviewer, tapping Accept All Shown accepts only the changes made by that reviewer.
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Tap Accept All to accept all changes in the document.
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Tap Accept All & Stop Tracking to accept all changes in the document and turn off Track Changes.
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To move to another change without accepting or rejecting it, tap the Previous or Next icon.
Reject changes
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Tap twice on a change in the document to select it.
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On the Review tab, tap the Reject icon.
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Do one of the following:
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Tap Reject & Move to Next to reject the change and move to the next change in the document.
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Tap Reject Deletion, Reject Insertion, or Reject Change to reject the selected change, identified contextually by type, and not move to the next change in the document.
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Tap Reject All Shown to reject all changes that are visible, but not changes that are hidden. For example, if you're viewing only changes made by a specific reviewer, tapping Reject All Shown rejects only the changes made by that reviewer.
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Tap Reject All to reject all changes in the document.
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Tap Reject All & Stop Tracking to reject all changes in the document and turn off Track Changes.
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To move to another change without accepting or rejecting it, tap the Previous or Next icon.
Delete comments
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Tap twice on a comment in the document to select it.
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Tap the Review tab.
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Tap the Delete icon to delete the comment or press and hold the Delete icon until the Delete list appears, and then do one of the following:
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Tap Delete to delete only the selected comment.
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Tap Delete All to delete all comments in the document.
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To move to another comment without deleting it, tap the Previous or Next icon.
Accept changes
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Tap twice on a change in the document to select it.
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On the Review tab, tap Accept.
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Do one of the following:
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Tap Accept & Move to Next to accept the change and move to the next change in the document.
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Tap Accept Deletion, Accept Insertion, or Accept Change to accept the selected change, identified contextually by type, and not move to the next change in the document.
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Tap Accept All Shown to accept all changes that are visible, but not changes that are hidden. For example, if you're viewing only changes made by a specific reviewer, tapping Accept All Shown accepts only the changes made by that reviewer.
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Tap Accept All to accept all changes in the document.
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Tap Accept All & Stop Tracking to accept all changes in the document and turn off Track Changes.
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Reject changes
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Tap twice on a change in the document to select it.
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On the Review tab, tap Reject.
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Do one of the following:
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Tap Reject & Move to Next to reject the change and move to the next change in the document.
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Tap Reject Deletion, Reject Insertion, or Reject Change to reject the selected change, identified contextually by type, and not move to the next change in the document.
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Tap Reject All Shown to reject all changes that are visible, but not changes that are hidden. For example, if you're viewing only changes made by a specific reviewer, tapping Reject All Shown rejects only the changes made by that reviewer.
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Tap Reject All to reject all changes in the document.
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Tap Reject All & Stop Tracking to reject all changes in the document and turn off Track Changes.
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Delete comments
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Tap twice on a comment in the document to select it.
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One the Review tab, tap Delete, and then do one of the following:
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Tap Delete to delete only the selected comment.
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Tap Delete All to delete all comments in the document.
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To move to another comment without deleting it, tap the Previous or Next icon.
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