Change font to red colour to make corrections

[Fred Boer]

Greetings:

Using Windows XP Pro/Word XP....

I have my students submit their reports as .doc files. I would like to be
able to make corrections and comments in the body of their text and have
whatever I type show up in red (and perhaps also bold). I can change the
font to red, but as I move about the document and attempt to insert text,
the colour always reverts to black. How can I make the colour change
"stick", and over-ride any existing font settings?

Thanks!

Fred Boer

 

[Bruce]

-----Original Message-----
Greetings:

Using Windows XP Pro/Word XP....

I have my students submit their reports as .doc files. I would like to be
able to make corrections and comments in the body of their text and have
whatever I type show up in red (and perhaps also bold). I can change the
font to red, but as I move about the document and attempt to insert text,
the colour always reverts to black. How can I make the colour change
"stick", and over-ride any existing font settings?

Thanks!

Fred Boer

Click Tools > Options, and click the Track changes tab.
Change the settings as you like, and click OK. Now click
Tools > Track Changes > Highlight changes. Check Track
Changes, and choose screen, print, both, or neither.
The other thing you can do is to insert a comment. To do
so, select the text you wish to comment on, then click
Insert > Comment, or press Ctrl + Alt + M. This serves a
different purpose than track changes, and is very useful
in its own way.
For your students to see your added typing, etc. (tracked
changes) they will need to have the option enabled on
their own machines.

 

[Fred Boer]

Thanks very much! I will try both of these options...

Fred