I'm trying to compare versions of a fairly complex document (lots
and lots of tables), and keep running into this very vexing error
message:

QUOTE
Compare Documents encountered one or more fields with content
longer than 750 characters. Word could not track changes for
these fields.
/QUOTE

can anyone shed some light on what causes this problem, and perhaps
suggest some kind of work-around.

thanks...



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See http://addbalance.com/usersguide/compare_documents.htm. Words compare
documents feature is rudimentary, especially in Word 97 and Word 2000.
Microsoft recommended using third-party software. If what you are trying to
do is compare the text in two documents, save them both as text files, open
one of the text files in Word and compare it to the other one.
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I'm trying to compare versions of a fairly complex document (lots
and lots of tables), and keep running into this very vexing error
message:

QUOTE
Compare Documents encountered one or more fields with content
longer than 750 characters. Word could not track changes for
these fields.
/QUOTE

can anyone shed some light on what causes this problem, and perhaps
suggest some kind of work-around.

thanks...



--
Mark Vaughan
___________

Visit the Numerical Methods in Pascal web page at
http://www-rab.larc.nasa.gov/nmp/fNMPhome.htm

"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
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See http://addbalance.com/usersguide/compare_documents.htm.

nice site...thanks for the link


Microsoft recommended using third-party software.

which is exactly what I've ended up doing...I found
a freeware tool that does a good job (csDiff; see
http://www.componentsoftware.com/Pro...Diff/index.htm)
and am evaluating a commercial tool (Diff Doc; see
http://www.softinterface.com/MD/MD.htm) that appears
to do an excellent job...


--
Mark Vaughan
___________

Visit the Numerical Methods in Pascal web page at
http://www-rab.larc.nasa.gov/nmp/fNMPhome.htm