Permanently Remove Tracked Changes and Comments from a Word 2007 Document

May 17th, 2007

Track Changes is an indispensable tool in Word that lets a group of people edit a document, while Word keeps track of what changes were made to the document and who made them. However, a persistent problem in earlier versions of Word has been the difficulty in removing all tracked changes and comments from the final version of a document.

When you accept or reject changes in a final document, Word is supposed to remove all traces of tracked changes and comments. However, many users have discovered that this information is difficult to remove permanently without using a third-party program.

This task is much easier and more effective in Word 2007. To remove tracked changes and comments from a Word 2007 document:

  1. Click the Office button.
  2. Click Prepare and select Inspect Document.
  3. The Document Inspector dialog box will appear:

    Document Inspector dialog box
     

  4. Check the Comments, Revisions, Versions and Annotations checkbox.
  5. View the inspection results.
  6. Click the Remove All button next to Comments, Revisions, Versions, and Annotations.
  7. Click the Close button.
  8. Save your document.

Your document is now free of all of the comments and tracked changes info.

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