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Differences between two files
What is an easy way to see the differences between two files? I sent a file
to a client for checking, and they sent it back to me an edited version. Is there any way to get the changes to show up in a different colour or something? Thank you for any help with this, and by the way thanks also for very fast and helpful responses to the previous enquiries I have made here. |
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Hi Ben,
What is an easy way to see the differences between two files? I sent a file to a client for checking, and they sent it back to me an edited version. Is there any way to get the changes to show up in a different colour or something? You don't mention the version of Word, so I'm not sure the menu command I'm going to propose is exactly the same as you'll see. But the functionality is there since time imemorial. Tools/Compare Documents (or Merge Documents). You can have this execute into a new document, or into one of the existing documents. It will mark where they differ with "track changes". Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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"Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message news:VA.0000babd.00676df7@speedy... Hi Ben, What is an easy way to see the differences between two files? I sent a file to a client for checking, and they sent it back to me an edited version. Is there any way to get the changes to show up in a different colour or something? You don't mention the version of Word, so I'm not sure the menu command I'm going to propose is exactly the same as you'll see. But the functionality is there since time imemorial. Tools/Compare Documents (or Merge Documents). You can have this execute into a new document, or into one of the existing documents. It will mark where they differ with "track changes". Thanks for the help. Actually, strangely, it worked out that the document was the new version of an old document by itself and did the thing automatically. |
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Presumably the client had Track Changes on while editing.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Ben K. Bullock" wrote in message ... "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message news:VA.0000babd.00676df7@speedy... Hi Ben, What is an easy way to see the differences between two files? I sent a file to a client for checking, and they sent it back to me an edited version. Is there any way to get the changes to show up in a different colour or something? You don't mention the version of Word, so I'm not sure the menu command I'm going to propose is exactly the same as you'll see. But the functionality is there since time imemorial. Tools/Compare Documents (or Merge Documents). You can have this execute into a new document, or into one of the existing documents. It will mark where they differ with "track changes". Thanks for the help. Actually, strangely, it worked out that the document was the new version of an old document by itself and did the thing automatically. |
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Differences between two files
Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:28:50 +0900 from Ben K. Bullock
: What is an easy way to see the differences between two files? I sent a file to a client for checking, and they sent it back to me an edited version. Is there any way to get the changes to show up in a different colour or something? In situations like this, I use the free program CSDiff. For Word files it's a front end to a "track revisions". http://componentsoftware.com/products/csdiff/news.htm -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ |
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