# MS Word (Track Changes) Help!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-track-changes-help/390291
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [January 31, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-track-changes-help/390291 "2007-01-31T18:28:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-track-changes-help/390291/1 "2007-01-31T18:28:50Z")
When deleting a row of data from a table, the track changes feature opens a frame below the document, and places my cursor into it. When I’m editing tens of documents, and deleting tens of rows per document, it gets ANNOYING, especially since I have to click on the document about 10 times to get the cursor back up there!
How do I toggle this feature?!?
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### Author:  [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-track-changes-help/390291/2 "2007-01-31T19:12:27Z")
Do you need to even see the tracked changes while you are working on the document? That is, you can leave track changes on, but go to TOOLS\>TRACK CHANGES\>HIGHLIGHT CHANGES and deselect the view tracked changes on the screen option. Word should behave normally after that (i.e. while editing you’ll have no idea that changes are being tracked), but will retain all tracking information. When you send to someone else or want to see the outcome of your changes, you can easily toggle the option to show changes again.
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### Author:  [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2007, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-track-changes-help/390291/3 "2007-01-31T19:20:45Z")
Awesome, that’s exactly what I was looking for! Thank you!!!