<p class="Paragraph">When several authors are working on the same text or spreadsheet, the review function (marking changes, redlining) makes it possible to document who made which changes, so that this is clear to everyone. On the final edit of the document, it is then possible to look at each individual change and decide whether it should be accepted or rejected.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Imagine you are an editor and are delivering your latest report. But before publication the report must be read by the senior editor and the proofreader, and both will add their changes. Perhaps the senior editor writes "clarify" after one paragraph and crosses out another entirely. The proofreader checks the spelling of your document and notes two cases where explicit references to the gender of an imaginary person could be reworded to avoid gender entirely.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">The edited document comes back to you, and you can incorporate or ignore the suggestions of the two reviewers.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Let's say you also e-mailed a copy of the report to a good friend and colleague who has done research on a similar topic in the past. You asked for a few suggestions, and the document is now returned by e-mail with your colleague's suggestions.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">As all your colleagues and the managers in your company work with <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname>, it is a simple matter to produce a final version of the document from the results you get back.</p>
