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Compare feature in Word 97 and Word 2000
This was a question posted here already by someone - I am experiencing the
same problem as this person. I am reposting this to see if there is a solution to this problem: _____________________________________________ When I use the compare feature in a document created and compared in Word 2000, it basically strikes out everything as if it all changed, then puts everything back as if it was all new. I had someone send this same document to me, except that it was created and compared using Word 97, and it looked more like it should - just crossing out or adding language that was actually different. Is there a way for me to change my settings in Word 2000 after I have document created so that it displays like Word 97 when compared? I tried the following: 1. Attempted to compare these two documents in Word 2003 - it compared the way it should like in Word 97. However, Word 2000 comparison was wierd!! 2. Made sure that Track changes is not highlighted in Doc 1 and Doc 2, Accepted all the changes and copied and pasted both the documents into a new document (minus the last paragraph mark). Compared Doc 1 with Doc 2 using Word 2000 - Same result! Is there something wrong with Word 2000 comparison feature? (How can it work in Word 97 and 2003 but not in 2000???) Thanks for your responses. |
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The compare feature does not work well in Word 97 or Word 2000; it is better
in Word 2003. My recommendation, short of third party software, is to compare text files rather than Word docs within Word. You'll be able to handle much larger documents doing that and get changes in the text shown. -- 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. "vrk1" wrote in message ... This was a question posted here already by someone - I am experiencing the same problem as this person. I am reposting this to see if there is a solution to this problem: _____________________________________________ When I use the compare feature in a document created and compared in Word 2000, it basically strikes out everything as if it all changed, then puts everything back as if it was all new. I had someone send this same document to me, except that it was created and compared using Word 97, and it looked more like it should - just crossing out or adding language that was actually different. Is there a way for me to change my settings in Word 2000 after I have document created so that it displays like Word 97 when compared? I tried the following: 1. Attempted to compare these two documents in Word 2003 - it compared the way it should like in Word 97. However, Word 2000 comparison was wierd!! 2. Made sure that Track changes is not highlighted in Doc 1 and Doc 2, Accepted all the changes and copied and pasted both the documents into a new document (minus the last paragraph mark). Compared Doc 1 with Doc 2 using Word 2000 - Same result! Is there something wrong with Word 2000 comparison feature? (How can it work in Word 97 and 2003 but not in 2000???) Thanks for your responses. |
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Thanks for responding to my post.
I had the same opinion too. However, I am thinking Word 2000 should offer a better "compare documents" feature (like in Word 2003) compared to Word 97, right? No. I am seeing that Word 2000 behaves different from Word 97 and 2003 when it compares to document comparison. Somebody prove me wrong. I am confused! "vrk1" wrote: This was a question posted here already by someone - I am experiencing the same problem as this person. I am reposting this to see if there is a solution to this problem: _____________________________________________ When I use the compare feature in a document created and compared in Word 2000, it basically strikes out everything as if it all changed, then puts everything back as if it was all new. I had someone send this same document to me, except that it was created and compared using Word 97, and it looked more like it should - just crossing out or adding language that was actually different. Is there a way for me to change my settings in Word 2000 after I have document created so that it displays like Word 97 when compared? I tried the following: 1. Attempted to compare these two documents in Word 2003 - it compared the way it should like in Word 97. However, Word 2000 comparison was wierd!! 2. Made sure that Track changes is not highlighted in Doc 1 and Doc 2, Accepted all the changes and copied and pasted both the documents into a new document (minus the last paragraph mark). Compared Doc 1 with Doc 2 using Word 2000 - Same result! Is there something wrong with Word 2000 comparison feature? (How can it work in Word 97 and 2003 but not in 2000???) Thanks for your responses. |
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