Summary
In this chapter, we focused on collaborating with others on Word documents. We began by learning how to enable Track Changes, which uses markup to show changes made by other editors, and how to use Reviewing Pane to accept or reject those changes.
Next, we looked at how to use comments to get feedback, ask questions, and have a discussion with editors directly in the document. We also learned about using @mention in a comment to alert someone by email that they have been mentioned.
Lastly, we explored how to view, compare, and combine multiple versions of the same document, and then learned about the differences between comparing and combining, as well as the best case for each.
Being able to track changes and see markup is invaluable when working with multiple authors and editors. When I think about my own experience of writing this book with my co-author, as well as editors in various countries, without the tools we just learned about in this chapter, this book...