Hi all,



Hope you are doing well

I'm on 2010 now.

My client wants me to change the color in TC according to what I do, so edits one color, spelling errors in another, comments another color, etc.

I doubt this is possible, but if it is, please tell me how to do this.

Thanks


Michelle

You can choose specific colors on the Track Changes tab of Tools | Options. This only applies to Trach Changes, of course. Spellcheck isn't customizable like that.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Microsoft 365 apps for business
Windows 11 Professional

I am not talking about spell check, I'm talking about different types of edits I do & changing the color only for those types, like:

Changing the color of spelling or grammar errors
Using another color for full on editing
Another color for comment bubbles

As far as I remember, someone on this forum told me you're stuck with Word's choice of colour for bubbles … When I have to mark up/edit Word source files, I use character styles for new/deleted text and a separate paragraph style for comments I add. (instead of bubble comments, I mark the questionable text with a character style and repeat it at the start of the comment paragraph) Ctrl+Alt+s makes it relatively easy to apply the styles.

When edits are accepted, Find/replace quickly removes comment paragraphs and !delete text; select all – if I'm feeling confident – or select marked text and ctrl+spacebar then clears the !new character style.

It's a bit of extra work, but if it keeps the client happy and coming back for more … side benefit: it means I hand over a document with unaggressive new/deleted markup in green and grey and that's what the reader sees. With default "track changes", I could set set my own PC to give me this but the client saw her own defaults in screaming red. Not encouraging for her!

Since you refer to "the color of spelling and grammar errors" it does appear as if you are talking about spellcheck... This can't be customized, I'm afraid.

In the Track Changes Options dialog box (Review tab | Track Changes | Change Tracking Options), what you can do is choose from a selection of colors for insertions, deletions, comments, etc. (applies to Word 2007 and 2010).

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Microsoft 365 apps for business
Windows 11 Professional