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Subject:Track Changes function in Word 2002 From:"T. Miles" <t -dot- a -dot- miles -at- operamail -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 23 Jul 2003 05:44:08 +0800
I'm doing some informal research about technical communicators' use of the Track Changes function in Word 2002, and I would really appreciate your input.
The general attitude that most technical editors seem to have is that Word's Track Changes function (even the Word 2002 version) is not a sufficient replacement for hand marking the text--do you agree or disagree?
The messages that I found in the archive mostly discuss turning off the "balloons" and returning to the pre-Word 2002 settings. Does anyone actually prefer the balloons? Does anyone feel that the Word 2002 Track Changes function is preferable to previous versions? Why or why not?
What capabilities do you think should be added to the Track Changes function to make it more useful for marking edited copy?
Thanks very much for your input!
t -dot- a -dot- miles -at- operamail -dot- com
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