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How to Use Suggesting Mode in Google Docs to Track Changes

People can suggest edits on a Google Doc when they have Comment or Edit access on a document. Suggested edits are Google Docs version of track changes. If you upload and convert a Microsoft Word document with track changes to Google Docs the track changes will become suggested edits.


Step 1 - You must be in 'Suggesting mode' to make suggestions. To do this, click the 'View' menu and click 'Mode' then 'Suggesting'.


The view menu in Google Docs showing the Mode menu

You can also access it from the pencil icon on the right of the toolbar.


The editing button in google docs

Or from the 'Suggest edits' button to the right of the page.


The suggest edits button on the Google Docs page

Step 2 - You can now make edits, as you do this you will see a green box around the new content you type.


Suggesting on a google doc

Step 3 - These suggestions can then be approved or declined with the tick or cross icon.


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