# MS Word Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 14, 2004, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-question/279801 "2004-12-14T16:34:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Iris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a5b964/32.png) [@Iris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iris)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-question/279801/1 "2004-12-14T16:34:28Z")
I’m hoping there is an easy answer to this question that will make me say, “duh!” Can I modify the track changes feature in MS Word so that all changes are underscored in the same text color? I’m in the process of revising several documents, but I want all changes to be underscored in red text. I originally started revising the documents using my computer at work, so the changes were tracked in red text (the default color). Recently I made additional changes using my computer at home and now all of the tracked changes are displayed in grey text which is really hard to see. I understand why different colors are used to track the changes of different users, but this isn’t necessary for me. Does anyone know how I can change it back to red? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-question/279801/2 "2004-12-14T16:37:41Z")
Go to Tools, Options, Track Changes. Lets you set changes being highlighted by Author or by a color. (at least in my version, 2000.) ---
**Author:** ![Iris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a5b964/32.png) [@Iris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iris)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-question/279801/3 "2004-12-14T16:42:30Z")
Thank you, this worked perfectly. I knew there had to be an easy solution.