Objective 1.3: Manage Document Changes

  • 1.3.1 Track changes.
  • 1.3.2 Manage tracked changes.
  • 1.3.3 Lock or unlock tracking.
  • 1.3.4 Add comments.
  • 1.3.5 Manage comments.

OBJECTIVE 1.3: Contents

1.3.3 Lock or unlock tracking.

Locking Tracking

Having Word preserve the feature’s status provides some assurance that important changes to a document will be recorded, but you can take an additional step to ensure that changes to a document are tracked by using the Lock Tracking option. In the Lock Tracking dialog box, you can define a password that people sharing the document must enter to turn off change tracking.

To lock change tracking

1. On the Review tab, in the Tracking group, click the Track Changes arrow, and then click Lock Tracking.

2. In the Lock Tracking dialog box, enter and reenter the password you want to assign. Then click OK.

To unlock change tracking

1. On the Review tab, in the Tracking group, click Track Changes, and then click Lock Tracking.

2. In the Unlock Tracking dialog box, enter the password, and then click OK.