Redlining in Word might seem like a good idea.There’s the track changes option, which seems like a relatively straight forward way to catch changes and see what’s been added, deleted, or changed from the original document.We'll tell you why. Losing track of edits, saving versions, getting blindsided by hidden metadata, and having so many redlines that you can’t tell what the document is supposed to look like anymore are just a few of the limitations that come from using Word for redlining contracts.These and other limitations of redlining contracts in Word that can completely negate the seeming cost savings of using Word instead of contract software.