How to Use

Last updated:July 8, 2026

Use Show Markup through 4 how-to topics, all available without membership; choose a topic from the index and follow the entry path and steps to complete the setup.

How-to Index

How-to Guide

1. Set markup display types

Entry path: Review tab → Show Markup

  1. Click the Review tab on the top menu bar.
  2. Click the Show Markup drop-down button.
  3. Select the markup types you want to display.
  4. Choose from Comments, Revision Options, Insertions and Deletions, Formatting, Reviewers, and Use Balloons as needed.

Success Criteria

  • Selected markup types appear in the document.
  • Cleared markup types are hidden.

Tips While Using

  • If the document does not contain that type of review content, the view may not change noticeably.
  • These display settings do not change the original document content.

2. Filter reviewer markup

Entry path: Review tab → Show Markup → Reviewers

  1. Click the Review tab.
  2. Click Show Markup, then Reviewers.
  3. Select the reviewer whose markup you want to display.
  4. To show everything again, select All Reviewers.

Success Criteria

  • The document shows only the selected reviewer’s markup, or returns to showing all reviewers.

Tips While Using

  • This is most useful when the document contains edits from multiple reviewers.

3. Change markup display status

Entry path: Review → Display for Review

  1. Click the Display for Review drop-down menu.
  2. Select the display status you need.
  3. Switch among Final Showing Markup, Original Showing Markup, Final, and Original.

Success Criteria

  • The document view updates to show content with markup or without markup based on the selected status.

Tips While Using

  • When you choose Final or Original, markup is hidden, but the revision data itself is not removed.

4. Show or hide specific markup

Entry path: Review tab → Show Markup submenu

  1. Select Comments to show or hide comments.
  2. Select Insertions and Deletions to show or hide revisions.
  3. Select Formatting to show or hide formatting changes.
  4. Click Use Balloons to adjust how revisions are displayed and whether reviewer names and revision times are shown.

Success Criteria

  • Each markup type follows the selected show or hide state.
  • Balloon display changes according to the selected setting.

Tips While Using

  • Different markup types can be controlled separately to simplify the review view.