Approved vs Received for Record , what is the difference? which do you see / use more? what else do you see. I have been on both ends of it. Probably the one that I have seen and also use the most is Approved as Noted - because there are so many variables that people find some to critique, in fact they feel like they are not doing there job if they don't find something to tell you to change. (work was almost more efficient in the age of the typewriter - because nobody wanted to change things as much, a lot more work.)