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Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated April 3, 2023)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021
One of the character formats you can use within Word is referred to as Strikethrough. This simply means that Word shows a horizontal line through the middle of the character to which the attribute has been applied. Strikethrough can be applied either by clicking on the Strikethrough tool on the Home tab of the ribbon (in the Font group) or by choosing the Strikethrough check box on the Font tab of the Font dialog box (Ctrl+D).
A typical use for characters being struck through is in relation to the Track Changes feature of Word. With Track Changes turned on, characters that have been deleted are shown as struck through, although this depends on which view of your document view you are using. The characters that have been deleted may also be shown in a red font color in addition to shown as struck through, depending on which version of Word you are using.
Actually, Word has two types of strikethrough formatting. You can specify that something be struck through once or you can choose a double strikethrough. This latter character format, which uses two horizontal lines instead of one, must be applied from the Font tab of the Font dialog box. Simply make sure the Double Strikethrough check box is selected.
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2019-09-05 16:42:43
Jay
The font version of strikethrough is totally unrelated to the Track Changes strikethrough in that you cannot change the advanced mark-up options (under Tracking > Advanced Options) of the font version, nor can you accept all changes and expect the font strikethrough to be removed.
2019-08-31 06:05:13
Øystein
Or by ctrl+5
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