In addition, it gives more power to the owner of the document who can accept or reject any changes made to the document.ĭigital communications often shares Word documents containing website content with colleagues across the University, and asks them to use Track Changes to make edits or queries. It is particularly useful when you are sharing documents with other colleagues, because it allows you to see exactly what changes were made, and by whom. In this post, I’ll teach you how to use Track Changes to edit Word documents, and how to accept or reject those changes as a reviewer. Track Changes is a tool in Microsoft Word which allows you to show any markups, changes or comments made to a document.