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Track changes and comments, in your browser

Contracts, papers and reports go back and forth with tracked changes and comments. Documents in Scissor Office reads them from DOCX and ODT files, lets you add your own, and saves them so the next person sees them in their word processor.

Open a document to reviewHow it works

How to review a document with tracked changes

  1. Open the app, press Open file and choose the .docx or .odt file. Open the Review tab.
  2. Turn on Track changes. The first time, enter your name: it is shown on your comments and changes.
  3. Select text and choose New comment, or answer a comment with Reply and close it with Resolve.
  4. Go through the changes with Accept and Reject, or use Accept all changes or Accept all by a person's name, then press Save.

What review keeps

Part of the reviewIn DOCX and ODT
Inserted and deleted text, with author and dateRead, shown and saved
New and joined paragraphsTracked
Moved textRead as a deletion and an insertion
Comments, replies and the resolved stateRead, shown and saved
Formatting changesNot tracked

Four ways to look at it

Simple markup shows a clean page with a line in the margin where something changed. All markup shows every insertion and deletion. No markup shows the document as it would be with all changes accepted, and Original as it was before them.

Saved as Word saves it

Tracked changes are written into the DOCX the way Word writes them, and comments with their replies and resolved state go into the file's comments parts. So the changes you make here show up as tracked changes in common word processors, under your name.

Printing

With Print markup and comments turned on, printing the document includes its changes and a list of its comments. Your browser's print dialog can also save that as a PDF.

Private by design

A contract under review is exactly the kind of file you would rather not upload. It is read and written inside your browser tab and kept in this browser on your device.

Limits to know

  • Formatting changes, such as making text bold, are not tracked.
  • There is no live co-editing: reviewers exchange the file.

Want to see for yourself that nothing is uploaded? How it works shows how to check in your browser's Network tab.

Questions and answers

Will Word see my tracked changes?

Yes. They are written into the DOCX the way Word writes them, so they appear as tracked changes with your name.

Are replies and resolved comments kept?

Yes. Replies stay in their thread and the resolved state is saved.

Whose name is shown on my changes?

The name you enter the first time you comment or track changes. Scissor Office has no accounts, so it never takes a name from anywhere else.

Can I print with markup?

Yes. Turn on Print markup and comments in the Review tab, then print: the changes and comments are printed with the text.

Does it work with ODT files?

Yes. Tracked changes and comments in ODT files are read and saved too.

Is the document uploaded?

No. It is read and written inside your browser tab.

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