The document I downloaded has track changes turned on. How do I Accept the Changes?

Some of the documents you will find on the Office of Human Resources website will, by default, have Track Changes turned on, so that you can quickly see the changes you or others have made to the document.  Once you are done editing your document you may want to view your file without your edits.  To do this follow these steps.

You will start with your text looking similar to the following example:

editing with track changes turned on

 

To Turn Track Changes Off:

Turning off track changes

1. In Word click on the Review tab across the top of your screen

2. Click the down arrow next to Final: Show Markup

3. Select Final from the drop down menu

 

To Accept the Changes that have been made:

Accepting your Track Changes

1. In Word click on the Review tab across the top of your screen

2. Click on the down arrow below the Accept button

3. Select either Accept and Move to Next or Accept All Changes in Document from the dropdown menu

4.  If you choose Accept and Move to Next you will need to click on this as you move through the document to accept all of the changes individually that have been made to the document

 

When your are finished your text will look like this:

Final view of document