1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,852 Word track changes are not showing, but the cause may be 2 00:00:03,852 --> 00:00:05,566 different from what you expect. 3 00:00:05,566 --> 00:00:09,338 Either the edit was never tracked, or a tracked revision exists 4 00:00:09,338 --> 00:00:11,739 and the current view hides its markup. 5 00:00:11,739 --> 00:00:15,511 The first case needs a new edit made in Reviewing mode. 6 00:00:15,511 --> 00:00:18,254 The second needs a display that shows revisions. 7 00:00:18,254 --> 00:00:22,026 Neither case calls for accepting or rejecting changes just to make 8 00:00:22,026 --> 00:00:23,397 the screen look different. 9 00:00:23,997 --> 00:00:27,940 The downloadable fictional Word note starts with the phrase Draft 10 00:00:27,940 --> 00:00:30,306 schedule and contains no tracked revision. 11 00:00:30,306 --> 00:00:33,855 Open a disposable copy in Word for the web. 12 00:00:33,855 --> 00:00:37,798 This clean starting state is deliberate: a generated document cannot 13 00:00:37,798 --> 00:00:43,319 prove that Word web has tracking turned on, or that imported change markup survives. 14 00:00:43,319 --> 00:00:47,262 We will create one controlled edit in the application instead. 15 00:00:47,862 --> 00:00:50,881 Inspect Word for the web's mode control. 16 00:00:50,881 --> 00:00:53,145 Microsoft distinguishes Editing, Reviewing, and Viewing. 17 00:00:53,145 --> 00:00:58,051 Choose Reviewing before replacing Draft schedule with Final schedule in the practice copy. 18 00:00:58,051 --> 00:01:02,202 If you make the edit first in Editing mode, switching afterward 19 00:01:02,202 --> 00:01:05,221 does not retroactively mark it as a revision. 20 00:01:05,221 --> 00:01:09,750 The ordering of those two actions is the key to this branch. 21 00:01:10,350 --> 00:01:14,358 After the test edit, look for visible inserted and deleted text, 22 00:01:14,358 --> 00:01:16,545 or Word's equivalent review markup. 23 00:01:16,545 --> 00:01:20,553 Seeing only the final phrase is not enough; an ordinary edit 24 00:01:20,553 --> 00:01:22,739 can produce that same body text. 25 00:01:22,739 --> 00:01:25,654 If markup is hidden, inspect the review display. 26 00:01:25,654 --> 00:01:29,662 The exact English controls should be checked in the current Word 27 00:01:29,662 --> 00:01:32,942 web interface before any video claims to demonstrate them. 28 00:01:33,542 --> 00:01:38,110 You can reuse the tracked replacement you just created as the known revision. 29 00:01:38,110 --> 00:01:41,975 If your Word version offers No Markup, select it, then return 30 00:01:41,975 --> 00:01:45,841 to a markup-visible view such as All Markup where available. 31 00:01:45,841 --> 00:01:50,057 The same revision should hide and reappear without being accepted or rejected. 32 00:01:50,057 --> 00:01:53,923 If those display controls are absent in your Word web session, 33 00:01:53,923 --> 00:01:58,139 leave this check unverified and try a Word version that offers them. 34 00:01:58,739 --> 00:02:02,825 Accepting or rejecting a change alters review history, so do not 35 00:02:02,825 --> 00:02:05,425 use either command as a visibility fix. 36 00:02:05,425 --> 00:02:09,511 If an earlier edit was untracked, version history may help compare 37 00:02:09,511 --> 00:02:14,339 older text, but it cannot turn that old edit into a tracked revision. 38 00:02:14,339 --> 00:02:18,425 The safe repair is to choose Reviewing before future proposed edits 39 00:02:18,425 --> 00:02:21,768 and use a visible markup display for existing revisions. 40 00:02:22,368 --> 00:02:26,286 A successful practice run creates one tracked replacement from Draft 41 00:02:26,286 --> 00:02:27,853 schedule to Final schedule. 42 00:02:27,853 --> 00:02:32,164 Where markup display choices are available, hide and reveal that same 43 00:02:32,164 --> 00:02:33,731 revision without accepting it. 44 00:02:33,731 --> 00:02:37,649 If the choices are missing, mark that display check unverified. 45 00:02:37,649 --> 00:02:42,743 The diagrams show the method; your own revision and display are the evidence. 46 00:02:42,743 --> 00:02:45,877 The answer sheet keeps the two checks distinct.