After working this way for many years in InDesign this has caused a couple of embarrassing slip ups - not so much in native English but in translated docs such as the example included. I have recently hit a new problem in my transition of workflows to Publisher that when using a tracked changes Microsoft Word document to cut and paste amends to Publisher (and Designer) it seems to bring all the detritus of the tracked changes with the word clipboard, therefore including all the deleted content that should be ignored. You can also customize how edits are displayed (e.g., the color of highlighted edits, the types of changes shown) via the Show Markup menu, which is just below the main markup options.Below: Word document tracked change exampleīelow: InDesign document tracked pasted example (matches visible copy in Word)īelow: Publisher document tracked pasted example (includes all the 'deleted' copy from Word) This lets you proofread without being distracted by red marks in the text, but you can quickly switch to All Markup to review your changes.

We suggest using Simple Markup as a default.

Original – Shows the document prior to any edits being made.

No Markup – Displays the edited version of the document with no changes marked.

Formatting changes are recorded via bubbles in the right margin.

All Markup – Shows edits in red, with deleted text also formatted with the strikethrough effect (e.g., deleted text).

Clicking these red marks will switch you to All Markup.

Simple Markup – Shows you the edited text, with changes marked via red marks in the left margin.

The markup options available here in recent versions of Microsoft Word are: You’ll find these on the Review tab in a dropdown menu just next to the Track Changes button. You can control how Microsoft Word displays tracked changes via the markup options.

You can also toggle the Track Changes tool with the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + E in Microsoft Word for Windows (or Cmd + Shift + E in Microsoft Word for Mac). The exact appearance may depend on your version of Word, but it should look something like this.

Track changes not working word