FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION:
Doesn't Word show me the same information?

ANSWER: YES, sort of. Take a closer look at the previous example. Here is a list of the locations in Word that store the same information that CrossEyes showed you in one place at one time:

• HIDDEN TEXT: Show/Hide button.
• Word has the option of showing hidden text, paragraph marks and spaces. You can toggle on or off the Show/Hide button located on the Standard Toolbar. Which elements are shown or hidden is determined by the settings on the Tools/Options/General tab.

• WHITE TEXT: Font-color pull down list.
• Word has a font-color pull-down list located on the Formatting Toolbar. If you move your mouse over that pull down list, a color palette opens and the color of the text where your cursor is located is highlighted. This information is also available on the font dialogue box, and, in Word XP and later, through the Reveal Formatting pane. All of these options show you the font color at one place in your document.

• ONE POINT TEXT: Font-size drop down list.
• Word shows the font size of the text at your cursor location in a drop-down box on the Formatting Toolbar. This information is also displayed in the font dialogue box and Reveal Formatting pane (in Word XP and later).

• TRACKED CHANGES: Markup View.
• Word has the powerful option of "tracking changes" that you make to your document. Once this option is turned on in your document, Word will be able to show what was added and what was deleted. These changes will appear until you consciously "accept the changes". The one tricky part is that you must know to display your document in Markup View in order to see those changes. Word's WYSIWIG does not give any indication that there are changes that are being tracked unless the Markup View is chosen. This can be helpful if you want to view what the document will look like in its final edited form. This can be potentially unhelpful if you forget to accept the changes and go on to publish the document in a form that everyone can view your changes. CrossEyes always shows you track changes.

Even those who know Word well can save a lot of time with CrossEyes -- the one place to go for an overview of your document!

Now let's look at editing...