[Iragalam]

Is there any way besides track changes to show the difference between two
documents?

[JoAnn Paules]

Print out both copies, put one behind the other, tape both to a sun-filled
window.

(I've done that already. It's low tech but it works. ;-) )

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"Iragalam" wrote in message
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Is there any way besides track changes to show the difference between two
documents?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Tools | Compare and Merge Documents. It sometimes takes a little trial and
error to figure out which one to open first, though.

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"Iragalam" wrote in message
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Is there any way besides track changes to show the difference between two
documents?

[Opinicus]

"Iragalam" wrote

Is there any way besides track changes to show the difference between two
documents?

If you're not interested in differences in formatting you could do (and I
have on occasion done) this:

Save each file as a plain text file in the same directory. Let's call one
doc1.txt and the other doc2.txt.

Open a DOS prompt in that directory and type:

fc doc1.txt doc2.txt diffs.txt

Hit Enter (Return).

Open diffs.txt and you'll see a list of the differences between the two
documents (which you could print out, for example).

This method may not work if the files are much too different.

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Bob
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[Iragalam]

Those are some pretty good ideas...
Thanks