I am using Word 2003, and have been having problems with documents merging
themselves WITHOUT using the "Compare and Merge" functions. I update manuals
and training programs, and use previous versions of the documents to create
new ones with different file names. I find repeatedly that when I have both
the old and new documents open, the system will compare and merge the two
into the OLD document, even when it is opened as a READ ONLY document. I
don't know how to prevent this from happening, and am puzzled because this
has only been happening for a few months. I can't find any information
anywhere about this being a recognized problem.