Word has a useful function that let’s you take two versions of a document and compare them to highlight changes. This is a great function when you are trying to determine changes made by someone and redlining hasn’t been turned on. It’s pretty simple, too. Simply take the following steps:
- Open Word
- Click “Review” tab
- Click “Compare”
- Click “Compare two versions of a document”. This will pop open a window with two boxes “original document” and “revised document”
- In “original document” box select “browse” and find the original (or the baseline) version of the document and select it
- In “revised document” box select “browns” and find the revised version you want to compare
- Click “OK”
In the central window, you will see the document with additions or deletions shown. The right window shows the original or baseline document. The left window shows just inserted and deleted text. (You can print the blacklined document, if you wish).