How to Change the Color of Track Changes in Microsoft Word

Learn how to change the color of Track Changes in Microsoft Word. Specifically, you can choose from 18 colors for insertions, deletions, text movements, and comment balloon borders.

These steps are for Word in Microsoft 365, Word 2019, Word 2016, and Word 2013.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:41 Important Information about Track Changes Colors
2:00 How to Change the Color of Track Changes

📝 Companion Blog Post/Transcript for this Video
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How to Change the Color of Track Changes in Microsoft Word

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[phoenixphoenix]

Another clear and concise video, Erin.

[GwirCeth]

Thanks very much Erin, that was very useful.

[melahidayat]

THank you Erin. Very helpful .... please continue providing these kinds of practical guides. Best wishes for you

[dhanashrikhalipe]

Thanks for sharing ..it helped me lot

[siddheshadhatrao]

BEST HELPFUL VIDEO ♥️ thankkk you so much Erin

[arvineprudente]

Many thanks for the tutorials. great help!.
I saw our final revised word documents in PDF, and all the changes were in blue fonts, so its very easy to find or notice what are the changes in the revised document. any tutorial how to make that?
again, many thanks in advance.

[cacstiner]

Erin, I like your tutorial here. Do you ever do them for a MAC?

[chaduvulahemanth]

Thank you very much ma'am. I am really worried with color of track changes.
Since initially all insertions are in red color in my document.
If I open the document again, the color of inserting text changes( blue).

[dasterndastern]

hi Erin - this is super clear, thanks but am I hearing this right? In MS Word for Mac 2011 (v. 14.7) you can view a document and show comments from multiple users with each comment having a different color - I can't seem to find a way to do this in Word 16.43 for the Mac - which is much more windows-like in its look... is it because this option doesn't exist? Any clarity you - or any other user here - can provide would be much appreciated!

[chinachan]

The 'comments' is not in my advanced option, and I use the MS365, could you instruct me pls

[chaduvulahemanth]

Dear ma'am.
I have a issue with comment in track changes. I have two laptops with different user names( one in office and another at my home)
I opened the document and apply track changes in both Systems.
When use one system, in the comment it showing one name (Let hemanth).
In another system, the name changed due to different name (Let kumar).
Both names are available in the document. But I want only one name.

Please reply regarding this. Thank in advance.

[TheAwesomeGingerGuy]

I don't have a "comments" box in the "Advanced" window - can someone help?

[timtranslates]

So if Word assigns red to one author and a shade of red to another author, you're stuck with it? It's so frustrating.

[MikeDuckett]

Nope - every step followed but the Word Doc does not show any reviewed text in any other format than the origianal.

[BH-qqkb]

plz i didn't understand this lesson