Review Tab:-
Proofing Group:-
Spelling and grammar (F7):-
Check the spelling and grammar of text in the document.
When you press F7, Word will scan your document for potential spelling and grammar errors. It will underline misspelled words in red and grammatical errors in green. You can then right-click on the underlined word or phrase to see suggestions for corrections.
To use the spelling and grammar checker:
- Place your cursor at the beginning of your document or in the specific text you want to check.
- Press the F7 key.
- Review the suggestions: Word will display a list of suggested corrections.
- Accept or reject suggestions: Click “Change” to accept a suggestion, “Ignore” to ignore it, or “Ignore All” to ignore all instances of that specific error.
Research:
This opens the Research task pane with the All Reference Books option selected. Simply enter your criteria in the Search For text box. Alternatively, you can highlight the text you’re working with before you click the Research button.
Word Count:
To find out how many words are in a particular paragraph or sentence of your document, select the texts you want counted and click this button. The Word Count Dialog box opens to display all the vital statistics. Comments Group:-
⮚ Select the text or item that you want to comment on, or click at the end of the text.
⮚ To quickly delete a single comment, right-click the comment, and then click Delete Comment.
⮚ to quickly delete all comments in a document, click a comment in the document.
⮚ Click inside the balloon for the comment that you want to edit.
⮚ Make the changes that you want.
Tracking Group:-
Tracking Changes is a powerful feature in Microsoft Word that allows you to see and manage changes made to a document. It’s particularly useful for collaborative projects, reviews, and editing.
How to Track Changes:
- Turn on Track Changes:
- Go to the Review
- Click the Track Changes
- Make Changes to the Document:
- Any changes you make, such as adding, deleting, or modifying text, will be tracked.
- Changes will appear with colored highlighting and revision marks.
- Review and Accept/Reject Changes:
- Accept Changes: Click the Accept button to accept a change.
- Reject Changes: Click the Reject button to discard a change.
- Next Change: Use the Next and Previous buttons to navigate through changes.
⮚ Track Changes is a way for Microsoft Word to keep track of the changes you make to a document.
⮚ You can then choose to accept or reject those changes.
⮚ You can view all changes, including deletions, inline instead of inside balloons that appear in the margins of your document. To show changes in line, in the Tracking group, click Balloons, and then click Show all revisions inline.
Compare Group:-
Word’s Compare feature allows you to identify differences between two versions of a document. This is useful for tracking changes, reviewing drafts, and ensuring consistency between documents.
Here’s how to compare two documents in Word:
- Open a New Document: Create a new blank document.
- Go to the Review Tab: Click on the “Review” tab in the ribbon.
- Click Compare: In the “Compare” group, click “Compare.”
- Select the Documents:
- Original Document: Choose the original version of the document.
- Revised Document: Choose the newer version of the document you want to compare.
- Click OK: Word will create a new document highlighting the differences between the two versions.
Combine multiple versions of a document.
Protect group:-
Protecting your Word document can help prevent unauthorized changes, ensure document integrity, and maintain confidentiality. Here are a few ways to protect your document:
- Password Protection:
- Open the document.
- Go to the File
- Click Info.
- Click Protect Document.
- Select Encrypt with Password.
- Enter a strong password and confirm it.
- Restrict Editing:
- Open the document.
- Go to the Review
- Click Restrict Editing.
- Editing Restrictions:
- Allow only this type of editing in the document: Choose the level of protection (e.g., No Changes, Comments Only, Filling in Forms).
- Start Enforcing Protection: Set a password to protect the document.
- Exceptions: You can allow editing for specific parts of the document by selecting them and choosing “Everyone” under “Allow people to edit parts of the document.”
- Information Rights Management (IRM):
- Open the document.
- Go to the File
- Click Info.
- Click Protect Document.
- Select Restrict Permission by People.
- Follow the on-screen instructions to set permissions and restrictions.
⮚ You can use document protection to restrict the types of changes that reviewers can make to your document.
⮚ You can use passwords to help prevent other people from opening or modifying your documents, workbooks, and presentations. Keep in mind that Microsoft cannot retrieve forgotten passwords.