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Q&A Coloured comments in a word processor [Word/Libre/OpenOffice] - is it possible?

A useful option may also be GoogleDocs, as it's free. I can't give specific examples (Gmail/Gdocs blocked at my current day-job), but I remember some students used it for peer-critique very well. ...

posted 5y ago by April Salutes Monica C.‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T11:03:23Z (over 4 years ago)
A useful option may also be GoogleDocs, as it's free. I can't give specific examples (Gmail/Gdocs blocked at my current day-job), but I remember some students used it for peer-critique very well. It defaults to each person having a different color for their edits/comments.

Since it sounds like you're self-commenting, the multi-color thing may not work, but I wanted to offer a free option.

MS Word allows LOTS of fun with styles -- that's what I'm focused on right now. You can even filter your comments and search for specific things, if you want to explore macros.

In my current "April Draft" template, I have some styles called "draft body", "draft talking to myself" "draft navigating" and "draft H#" (using 1-3, for table of contents.) When I show it to my boss, I'll switch to department template, and anything still in "thinking to myself" formatting will indicate a question I still need to address before I declare the draft finalized.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-02-28T13:32:55Z (about 5 years ago)
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