A document containing deleted and inserted wording still needs a decision about the intended text. Retain the review DOCX and agree the delivery version before converting. A clean-looking result is not evidence that a reviewer approved it.
How this conversion reads changes
Pandoc documents accept, reject and all modes for its DOCX reader. Default accept applies insertions and deletions and ignores comments.
FileMyLove's document-conversion path that reads DOCX through Pandoc does not override this option and has no Track Changes selector. This describes that path, not every PDF printing route or external document viewer.
Separate review and delivery copies
| Material | Our suggested handling |
|---|---|
| Proposed changes | Retain the original review DOCX |
| Reviewer comments | Inspect in the source application |
| Agreed wording | Create and check a delivery copy |
| Another format | Convert from that agreed copy |
A filename containing “final” does not establish review status. Inspect changed passages, especially names, numbers, dates and negations that change the meaning.
Before exporting
- Back up the DOCX with its revision history.
- Open it in an application that supports reviewing changes and resolve the proposals with the relevant people.
- Create a delivery copy without overwriting the review history.
- Use Convert document and choose the required output.
- Open the downloaded file and compare previously edited passages with the agreed copy.
The converter changes file format; it does not approve proposals for authors or reviewers. If review must continue, use the format and review process agreed by the team.
Check structure too
For TXT, see Word to TXT and lost formatting: plain text is not a page-layout copy. For differences between documents, see comparing two versions, while remembering that a difference report is not an approval record.
Conversion stays in the browser without uploading the document. Keep the review copy separate from exports until the work is complete.
