How to Copy and Paste Tracked Text

You're typing out a document using Microsoft Word and you're using the Tracked Changes feature. Then you realize you want to copy a portion of the text--with the tracking and comments--onto another document. How can you do it without losing the tracking?

If you're using Microsoft Word's tracked changes feature and you need to copy the text--tracking and all--onto another document, follow these simple instructions. This method will allow you to copy all the tracking and comments into your new document.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Open up the document that you want to copy, and then open up a blank document where you want to copy the text.

2. Turn OFF the tracking in both documents--the document with the text and the new document. You can turn off the tracking by going to your tools menu and clicking on "Tracked Changes."

3. Highlight the text that you want to copy, right-click on your mouse, then select "copy."

4. Move your cursor to the new document where you want to paste the text, right-click on your mouse, then select "paste." All of your highlighted text, along with the tracking and comments, should automatically be pasted onto your new document.

5. Don't forget to save your new file!

Resources

• Microsoft Support