Q. How do I turn off track changes or comments on a research paper that is a Word document?
Turn off Track Changes or Comments in your research paper.
Microsoft Word
Step 1 - Open your Microsoft Word document:
- Click Review so you can see the toolbar on the Review tab
- Click on the arrow next to All Markup or Simple Markup
- Click No Markup
- Click Save As to rename the document to a newly revised version of the document. This will also preserve the previous version with comments.
Step 2 - Inspect the Document to delete all comments and verify they are removed:
- Click File
- Click Info
- Click the Check for Issues button
- Click Inspect Document
- The Document Inspector pops up.
- Make sure Comments, Revisions, and Versions are checked.
- Click Inspect
- Click Remove All across from Comments, Revisions, and Versions.
- Close the Document Inspector and Save the document again.
When Reviewing in Google
When reviewing in a Google doc, Google doc comments need to be resolved first before exporting into a Word doc.
Click the checkmark to resolve each comment and hide any review discussion.