Learning outcomes
- Explain how to share, comment, track changes and resolve edits.
- Complete the guided practice safely.
- Check that you can accept the final wording while preserving review history.
Microsoft Word
Word Review and Collaboration
Learn to share, comment, track changes and resolve edits and accept the final wording while preserving review history in this beginner-friendly Microsoft 365 lesson.
Before you begin
Open Word and create a blank practice document. Save it to a training folder in OneDrive before editing.
Step-by-step instructions
- Open Word and a blank practice document and confirm you are using the intended account.
- Review a sample paragraph with a comment and tracked change.
- Pause and check permissions, filenames, recipients, dates or settings that affect the task.
- Test the result: accept the final wording while preserving review history.
- Save the document, check its filename and location, then close and reopen it to confirm the result.
Ian's practical tip: Use sample information first. Once the workflow is correct, repeat it with approved work information and the minimum necessary access.
Practical activity
Review a sample paragraph with a comment and tracked change. Your expected result is to accept the final wording while preserving review history.