Special Edition Using Microsoft® Word 2000

An Overview of Word's Team Writing Tools

Nowadays, few documents of any size are written entirely by one individual. In the corporate setting, most documents must be shepherded through a hierarchy; increasingly they must also be reviewed by cross-functional teams. Even freelance writers, of course, face the sharp red pencils of editors—often, more than one.

Word can't do much to make the substantive aspects of the review process easier. But it can work absolute wonders for the logistics of document review. If your review needs are especially simple, Word's Highlighting tool might be enough—just as it might have been enough for you in high school! For more complex reviews, Word offers the following tools:

• A Comments tool that enables reviewers ...