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Revision marks and colors in older Word

Archived instructions

These instructions are kept for reference for documents created with older versions of Word. Current High Tech Forms templates no longer work with very old versions of Word. Contact High Tech Forms Support if you are unsure whether they apply to you.

Revision marks

Use these instructions to hide revision marks (vertical lines) in the margins. If you do not see these marks, skip this section. Hiding margin lines does not remove the tracked changes.

Word 97–2003

  1. Click Tools > Options.
  2. Select the Track Changes tab.
  3. For Changed Lines, set Mark to None.
  4. Click OK.

Word 2007 and 2010

  1. Click the Review tab.
  2. Open the Track Changes dropdown and select Change Tracking Options.
  3. In Markup, the topmost group, set Changed Lines to None.
  4. If you do not want colored revisions, set the Color items at the upper right to Black.

Showing revisions in Word 2007 and 2010

  1. Click the Review tab.
  2. Click the Show Markup dropdown.
  3. Make sure Insertions and Deletions is checked. If it is not, click it to check it.

See also Revision balloons.

Word 2013

  1. Click the Review tab.
  2. Click Change Tracking Options.
  3. Click Advanced Options.
  4. In Markup, the topmost group, set Changed Lines to None.
  5. If you do not want colored revisions, set the Color items at the upper right to Black.

See also Revision balloons.

Revision colors

Use these instructions to change revision colors in Word 2002 and later.

Word 2002 and 2003

  1. Click Tools > Options and select the Track Changes tab.
  2. Choose the color options at the top of the dialog box.

Word 2007 and 2010

  1. Click the Review tab.
  2. Open the Track Changes dropdown and select Change Tracking Options.
  3. Choose the color options at the top of the dialog box.

Word 2013

  1. Click the Review tab.
  2. Click Change Tracking Options.
  3. Click Advanced Options.
  4. If you do not want colored revisions, set the Color items at the upper right to Black.

For form-specific revision requirements, see JOA/COPAS and IADC.