The first question I ask any client is the same: “Would you like me to use Track Changes, or just make the changes without tracking?” So far, one client has asked me not to use it. Most people want to see all the work I’ve done, and to be honest, I want to see it, too. It’s a lot easier for me to keep track.
Track Changes is a Word function. If used, backspacing, the letters you backspace will still appear, but turn red and have a line scored across them. if you add anything, it will also be red and underlined. You can also use an “Accept all changes” function, which will automatically make all the corrections, deleting the words and punctuation crossed out and leaving the corrections to look like the rest of the text. Track Changes allows me to see what I’ve corrected, and it proves the work I’ve put into the document for my client. All of it says to the client “Here’s all the changes I made”.
Of course, Track Changes isn’t a magic fix to see every mistake. The work is still there. But it really makes me feel like my clients can look at my work and see that I have put in the work for them.