TrackEDT
TrackEDT is a tool that extracts editorial changes and comments (and other metadata associated with the changes and comments) from edited Word documents. The changes and comments are exported to a spreadsheet for easy analysis.
To use the tool, download the following zipped executable file, unzip it, and run it:
To access the tool’s documentation, please review the article “Introducing TrackEDT: A Tool to Accelerate Empirical Editing Research” published in IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication . If you are unable to access the article, please email Dr. Jordan Smith (jordan.smith@unco.edu) for a preprint version.
To cite the tool, please cite the article linked above, or use one of the formatted citations provided below:
Chicago (17th)
Smith, Jordan, Baker, Matthew J., Wilde, Lauryn, and Scout McMillan. 2025. “Introducing TrackEDT: A Tool to Accelerate Empirical Editing Research.” IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication 68 (4): 514–527. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPC.2025.3615256.
APA (7th)
Smith, J., Baker, M. J., Wilde, L., & McMillan, S. (2025). Introducing TrackEDT: A Tool to Accelerate Empirical Editing Research. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication 68(4), 514–527. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPC.2025.3615256
