The Reviewing Pane is a handy reference for counting the revisions in your document, but I disagree with the way Word counts revisions. Word counts a contiguous revision as one.

I believe that if a paragraph has been inserted it should be two (the text and the paragraph mark) or one if is a lone paragraph mark. I base my belief on the way Microsoft marks revisions in the underlying OpenXML content of the document. Contiguous Text in a paragraph and paragraph marks are marked separately. When iRedline counts revisions (for reports and iRedline Document Properties) the revised text and paragraphs are counted separately as Microsoft marks revisions in the OpenXML content.

Also, a move is a move. When you move a paragraph its one move. Word tracks this as two moves, iRedline tracks it as one.

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