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Can Word "Compare and Merge Documents" between a Word and Adobe fi
I have a new Word file. I want to compare a 6-month old Adobe document to
this new Word file, and save the new compared/merged document in Word. So far I have been unable to do this. (I am using Word 2003 with SP2, and Adobe Reader 6.0.) With the new Word file open, I click "Tools", then "Compare and Merge Documents", then I select the previous Adobe file to compare my new document to. I instantly get a window prompting me for File Conversion, asking me to pick a version [choices: Windows (Default), MS-DOS, and "Other Encoding"] that is readable. None of these choices produces a readable file. Whichever choice I select, the Merge/Comparison immediately takes place, but does it wrong---I end up with the new Word file compared to the old Adobe file...I want the old Adobe file compared to the new Word file. And I never get to the next step that Word Help says I should reach, namely: 4. Click the arrow next to Merge, and then do one of the following: To display the results of the comparison in the selected document, click Merge. To display the results in the document that is currently open, click Merge into current document. To display the results in a new document, click Merge into new document--this is the choice I want. |
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Can Word "Compare and Merge Documents" between a Word and Adobe fi
Your biggest problem is that you are trying to use a Word feature on a
non-Word file - Word cannot open a PDF. Compare & Merge is for comparing 2 Word docs... typically one being a revised copy of the other. I haven't tried it, but I would think the best you can hope for is to open the PDF in Reader, use the FileSave as Text option & use the resulting text file for the comparison. However, saving the PDF as a text file will strip all formatting, so that may not provide the result you want. Secondly, you are not getting the opportunity to Compare [most likely] because you are a) omitting step #3 and b) either double-clicking the second file or clicking the Merge button. If you put a check in the Legal Blackline box (step #3) the Merge button turns into a Compare button. -- HTH |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac "Tom" wrote in message ... I have a new Word file. I want to compare a 6-month old Adobe document to this new Word file, and save the new compared/merged document in Word. So far I have been unable to do this. (I am using Word 2003 with SP2, and Adobe Reader 6.0.) With the new Word file open, I click "Tools", then "Compare and Merge Documents", then I select the previous Adobe file to compare my new document to. I instantly get a window prompting me for File Conversion, asking me to pick a version [choices: Windows (Default), MS-DOS, and "Other Encoding"] that is readable. None of these choices produces a readable file. Whichever choice I select, the Merge/Comparison immediately takes place, but does it wrong---I end up with the new Word file compared to the old Adobe file...I want the old Adobe file compared to the new Word file. And I never get to the next step that Word Help says I should reach, namely: 4. Click the arrow next to Merge, and then do one of the following: To display the results of the comparison in the selected document, click Merge. To display the results in the document that is currently open, click Merge into current document. To display the results in a new document, click Merge into new document--this is the choice I want. |
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Compare Side-by-side in Office:Mac Windows
I use the Windows 2003 Word "Windowscompare documents side-by-side" function extensively, so i can quickly scroll the two documents, then click and drag paragraphs from one to the other. I just purchased Office:Mac 2004 a couple of days ago, and the Windowscompare two documents side-by-side function is missing. I know how to comparemerge two documents, but this funtion doesnt allow parallel comparing an simultaneous scrolling of two documents. Do you have a patch for this function on Office:Mac, or fix? Perhaps this function has been moved to another location in the Word toolbar? Many thanks, Cam |
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Compare Side-by-side in Office:Mac Windows
Hi Cam,
The link here will change the Window | Arrange All command to give you side by side vertical windows (The default Window | Arrange All does them horizontally, which is not really what you ask for). http://www.mcgimpsey.com/macoffice/w...alwindows.html Or, you can do this manually. Drag the windows around and resize them so that they are side by side. Use the bottom right corner to resize, and drag by clicking and holding on the bar at the top of the window. For future reference, it's better to post Mac Office questions in the Mac groups, where you will reach many more Mac users--see here for Google/Entourage gateway to newsgroups for MacWord, MacExcel, and other MS programs for the Mac: http://www.microsoft.com/mac/community/community.aspx?pid=newsgroups If you don't like the above options, or you run into difficulties, it would be better to post follow-up questions there. Daiya IDesigner wrote: I use the Windows 2003 Word "Windowscompare documents side-by-side" function extensively, so i can quickly scroll the two documents, then click and drag paragraphs from one to the other. I just purchased Office:Mac 2004 a couple of days ago, and the Windowscompare two documents side-by-side function is missing. I know how to comparemerge two documents, but this funtion doesnt allow parallel comparing an simultaneous scrolling of two documents. Do you have a patch for this function on Office:Mac, or fix? Perhaps this function has been moved to another location in the Word toolbar? Many thanks, Cam |
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