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Comparing Documents in Word 2003 and Word 2002 - VERY Weird Proble
I am having a very strange problem that hopefully you will be able to shed
some light on. This problem is affecting multiple users using Word 2002 w/ SP3. If they compare an edited document to an original using "Compare and Merge Documents..." they will see very odd and pointless redlining being done. For example, if they added one word to a paragraph, it will say that they deleted the entire paragraph and reinserted it directly below it. Keep in mind that both the original and edited version where created in the same version of Word 2002. However, when I use Word 2003 w/ SP1 to compare the exact same documents, it shows that only the one word that was added was actually inserted, not the entire paragraph. I have tried to remove/reinstall Word on their PC's, but the problem repeatedly occurs. Do you have any other suggestions?? THanks, Josh. |
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Document comparison has and remains an iffy proposition with Word. They keep
making improvements. It looks like you found one. http://addbalance.com/usersguide/track_changes.htm -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Joshua Gray" wrote in message ... I am having a very strange problem that hopefully you will be able to shed some light on. This problem is affecting multiple users using Word 2002 w/ SP3. If they compare an edited document to an original using "Compare and Merge Documents..." they will see very odd and pointless redlining being done. For example, if they added one word to a paragraph, it will say that they deleted the entire paragraph and reinserted it directly below it. Keep in mind that both the original and edited version where created in the same version of Word 2002. However, when I use Word 2003 w/ SP1 to compare the exact same documents, it shows that only the one word that was added was actually inserted, not the entire paragraph. I have tried to remove/reinstall Word on their PC's, but the problem repeatedly occurs. Do you have any other suggestions?? THanks, Josh. |
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So you are basically saying that is an inherent problem in Word and the only
thing I can do is upgrade all my users to Word 2003? That doesn't seem very logical to me... "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Document comparison has and remains an iffy proposition with Word. They keep making improvements. It looks like you found one. http://addbalance.com/usersguide/track_changes.htm -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Joshua Gray" wrote in message ... I am having a very strange problem that hopefully you will be able to shed some light on. This problem is affecting multiple users using Word 2002 w/ SP3. If they compare an edited document to an original using "Compare and Merge Documents..." they will see very odd and pointless redlining being done. For example, if they added one word to a paragraph, it will say that they deleted the entire paragraph and reinserted it directly below it. Keep in mind that both the original and edited version where created in the same version of Word 2002. However, when I use Word 2003 w/ SP1 to compare the exact same documents, it shows that only the one word that was added was actually inserted, not the entire paragraph. I have tried to remove/reinstall Word on their PC's, but the problem repeatedly occurs. Do you have any other suggestions?? THanks, Josh. |
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Not sure how you define logical. It didn't work well in Word 2002. MS made
changes to make the product better, including comparison that works better in the Word 2003 upgrade. Having to get the new, fixed, product to get the benefits meets my definition of logical. I'll be surprised if you find a way to make Word 2002 work like Word 2003 without upgrading but am open to suggestions. I didn't spend a lot of time with Word 2002 (XP) and am using Word 2003. Track changes was broken in Word 97 and bad enough in Word 2000 that Microsoft still recommended third-party solutions. If I run into trouble I still would convert one or both documents to text-only files and run the comparison on those. Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings. The link I gave you is to a page on how to best use the track changes features in Word including document comparison. It was written for Word 97/2000 but is still useful. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Joshua Gray" wrote in message ... So you are basically saying that is an inherent problem in Word and the only thing I can do is upgrade all my users to Word 2003? That doesn't seem very logical to me... "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Document comparison has and remains an iffy proposition with Word. They keep making improvements. It looks like you found one. http://addbalance.com/usersguide/track_changes.htm -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Joshua Gray" wrote in message ... I am having a very strange problem that hopefully you will be able to shed some light on. This problem is affecting multiple users using Word 2002 w/ SP3. If they compare an edited document to an original using "Compare and Merge Documents..." they will see very odd and pointless redlining being done. For example, if they added one word to a paragraph, it will say that they deleted the entire paragraph and reinserted it directly below it. Keep in mind that both the original and edited version where created in the same version of Word 2002. However, when I use Word 2003 w/ SP1 to compare the exact same documents, it shows that only the one word that was added was actually inserted, not the entire paragraph. I have tried to remove/reinstall Word on their PC's, but the problem repeatedly occurs. Do you have any other suggestions?? THanks, Josh. |
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Well, upgrading all of my users to Word 2003 for one feature to work
correctly does not sound very logical to me. Logical would be for Microsoft to fix the known problem in one of the first 3 service packs that were released for Word 2002. Thanks for your help and insight though. "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Not sure how you define logical. It didn't work well in Word 2002. MS made changes to make the product better, including comparison that works better in the Word 2003 upgrade. Having to get the new, fixed, product to get the benefits meets my definition of logical. I'll be surprised if you find a way to make Word 2002 work like Word 2003 without upgrading but am open to suggestions. I didn't spend a lot of time with Word 2002 (XP) and am using Word 2003. Track changes was broken in Word 97 and bad enough in Word 2000 that Microsoft still recommended third-party solutions. If I run into trouble I still would convert one or both documents to text-only files and run the comparison on those. Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings. The link I gave you is to a page on how to best use the track changes features in Word including document comparison. It was written for Word 97/2000 but is still useful. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Joshua Gray" wrote in message ... So you are basically saying that is an inherent problem in Word and the only thing I can do is upgrade all my users to Word 2003? That doesn't seem very logical to me... "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Document comparison has and remains an iffy proposition with Word. They keep making improvements. It looks like you found one. http://addbalance.com/usersguide/track_changes.htm -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Joshua Gray" wrote in message ... I am having a very strange problem that hopefully you will be able to shed some light on. This problem is affecting multiple users using Word 2002 w/ SP3. If they compare an edited document to an original using "Compare and Merge Documents..." they will see very odd and pointless redlining being done. For example, if they added one word to a paragraph, it will say that they deleted the entire paragraph and reinserted it directly below it. Keep in mind that both the original and edited version where created in the same version of Word 2002. However, when I use Word 2003 w/ SP1 to compare the exact same documents, it shows that only the one word that was added was actually inserted, not the entire paragraph. I have tried to remove/reinstall Word on their PC's, but the problem repeatedly occurs. Do you have any other suggestions?? THanks, Josh. |
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I guess we do assign different meanings to the word "logical." As I said,
compare docs has been problematic at least since Word 97. To me the surprise is that it works as well as it does in Word 2003. BTW, tables also work better than they did in Word 97; and those new task panes are kind of neat. Why not just issue a big service pack for Word 97 to fix it? -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Joshua Gray" wrote in message ... Well, upgrading all of my users to Word 2003 for one feature to work correctly does not sound very logical to me. Logical would be for Microsoft to fix the known problem in one of the first 3 service packs that were released for Word 2002. Thanks for your help and insight though. "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Not sure how you define logical. It didn't work well in Word 2002. MS made changes to make the product better, including comparison that works better in the Word 2003 upgrade. Having to get the new, fixed, product to get the benefits meets my definition of logical. I'll be surprised if you find a way to make Word 2002 work like Word 2003 without upgrading but am open to suggestions. I didn't spend a lot of time with Word 2002 (XP) and am using Word 2003. Track changes was broken in Word 97 and bad enough in Word 2000 that Microsoft still recommended third-party solutions. If I run into trouble I still would convert one or both documents to text-only files and run the comparison on those. Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings. The link I gave you is to a page on how to best use the track changes features in Word including document comparison. It was written for Word 97/2000 but is still useful. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Joshua Gray" wrote in message ... So you are basically saying that is an inherent problem in Word and the only thing I can do is upgrade all my users to Word 2003? That doesn't seem very logical to me... "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Document comparison has and remains an iffy proposition with Word. They keep making improvements. It looks like you found one. http://addbalance.com/usersguide/track_changes.htm -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Joshua Gray" wrote in message ... I am having a very strange problem that hopefully you will be able to shed some light on. This problem is affecting multiple users using Word 2002 w/ SP3. If they compare an edited document to an original using "Compare and Merge Documents..." they will see very odd and pointless redlining being done. For example, if they added one word to a paragraph, it will say that they deleted the entire paragraph and reinserted it directly below it. Keep in mind that both the original and edited version where created in the same version of Word 2002. However, when I use Word 2003 w/ SP1 to compare the exact same documents, it shows that only the one word that was added was actually inserted, not the entire paragraph. I have tried to remove/reinstall Word on their PC's, but the problem repeatedly occurs. Do you have any other suggestions?? THanks, Josh. |
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