Accept All Changes by a Particular Reviewer

Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated June 25, 2022)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, and Word in Microsoft 365

Barry uses Word's Track Changes feature to keep tabs on what many different reviewers do to a document. He recently asked if there was a way to accept all the changes from a particular reviewer, but not those from the other reviewers.

This is rather simple to do in Word. Just follow these steps:

Make sure the Review tab of the ribbon is displayed.
Click the Show Markup tool (in the Tracking group) and then click Specific People | All Reviewers (later versions of Word) or click Reviewers (earlier versions of Word). You should see a list of the reviewers with changes in the current document.
Make sure a check mark appears only beside the reviewer whose changes you want to see.
Click the down-arrow under the Accept tool in the Changes category. Word displays a drop-down menu.
Choose Accept All Changes Shown. Word accepts all the changes shown, meaning only those from the single reviewer.

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Allen Wyatt

With more than 50 non-fiction books and numerous magazine articles to his credit, Allen Wyatt is an internationally recognized author. He is president of Sharon Parq Associates, a computer and publishing services company. Learn more about Allen...

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