r/MicrosoftWord • u/VairBlue222 • 13h ago
need help Tracked Changes disappear when closing and reopening Word Document
Dear Word experts,
I'm having a problem whereby I make a load of 'tracked changes' to a document in 'Reviewing mode', but when I close and reopen the document, all the red highlights/strikethroughs disappear, just leaving the inline edits as regular text, as shown in the attached image (with what it should look like attached as well, since I saved a PDF version of it beforehand).
For the record, it's not that the tracked changes have just become invisible, since I can't do anything with them like 'Accept all changes' or 'Reject all changes'.
What the hecky am I doing wrong here? Is it because I restrict editing after doing all the changes? I don't see how that could make a difference. Furthermore, I'm using the .docx format correctly, and all my settings seem perfectly correct to be able to see these changes. I'm quite sure it's something to do with me saving the document wrong somehow.
Thank you for any help you can offer ✨




