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How do I change the color of the comment boxes in Word 2007?
Under the review tab when I add a comment to a word document it is
automatically reddish/pink (a color teachers try to avoid when marking student work) so How can I change the color? I've googled and searched to no avail - I saw suggestions of going to hte Tools menu which I can't find or changing user info color - can't find? Help! |
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How do I change the color of the comment boxes in Word 2007?
There are no menus in Word 2007 (so no Tools | Options | Track Changes tab).
Instead, on the Review tab, click the arrow below Track Changes in the Tracking group and choose Change Tracking Options. There you can change the color to something different. Note, however, that this change applies only to your own system. If you are printing these papers out, the color you use will be printed, but if you are returning the papers to the students as electronic files, the color they see will depend on their own tracking options settings. Depending on Word version (or their choice, or the view they're in), they may not see balloons at all. All these settings are local and cannot be saved with the document. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "teach" wrote in message ... Under the review tab when I add a comment to a word document it is automatically reddish/pink (a color teachers try to avoid when marking student work) so How can I change the color? I've googled and searched to no avail - I saw suggestions of going to hte Tools menu which I can't find or changing user info color - can't find? Help! |
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How do I change the color of the comment boxes in Word 2007?
Thank you! That worked and was especially helpful to know that it may change
when students open it!! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: There are no menus in Word 2007 (so no Tools | Options | Track Changes tab). Instead, on the Review tab, click the arrow below Track Changes in the Tracking group and choose Change Tracking Options. There you can change the color to something different. Note, however, that this change applies only to your own system. If you are printing these papers out, the color you use will be printed, but if you are returning the papers to the students as electronic files, the color they see will depend on their own tracking options settings. Depending on Word version (or their choice, or the view they're in), they may not see balloons at all. All these settings are local and cannot be saved with the document. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "teach" wrote in message ... Under the review tab when I add a comment to a word document it is automatically reddish/pink (a color teachers try to avoid when marking student work) so How can I change the color? I've googled and searched to no avail - I saw suggestions of going to hte Tools menu which I can't find or changing user info color - can't find? Help! |
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How do I change the color of the comment boxes in Word 2007?
It almost certainly *will* change because red is (I'm pretty sure) the
default color, so unless they've had any reason to change it, they'll see red. Sorry. I do know what you mean, though. When I was teaching, I had two fountain pens, one with black ink and one with red. Students would comment about "all that red" and complain that their papers looked like they were bleeding. When I stopped teaching and became a copy editor, I started using a green pen instead--less traumatic for the writers! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "teach" wrote in message ... Thank you! That worked and was especially helpful to know that it may change when students open it!! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: There are no menus in Word 2007 (so no Tools | Options | Track Changes tab). Instead, on the Review tab, click the arrow below Track Changes in the Tracking group and choose Change Tracking Options. There you can change the color to something different. Note, however, that this change applies only to your own system. If you are printing these papers out, the color you use will be printed, but if you are returning the papers to the students as electronic files, the color they see will depend on their own tracking options settings. Depending on Word version (or their choice, or the view they're in), they may not see balloons at all. All these settings are local and cannot be saved with the document. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "teach" wrote in message ... Under the review tab when I add a comment to a word document it is automatically reddish/pink (a color teachers try to avoid when marking student work) so How can I change the color? I've googled and searched to no avail - I saw suggestions of going to hte Tools menu which I can't find or changing user info color - can't find? Help! |
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