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can Word 2002 compare documents?
I am using Word 2002 in XP SP-2.
I would like to compare a OCR scanned document (scanned form the page proofs) received from a publisher with the original Word document that was sent out to find the changes and differences between the two. Can Word 2002 do this? Thank you. Jeff |
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can Word 2002 compare documents?
Quoting from Word 2002 Help, which you can access in Word by pressing
the F1 key on your keyboard or by clicking on Help on the menu bar at the top of your Word window: Compare and merge documents 1. Open the edited copy of the document. 2. On the Tools menu, click Compare and Merge Documents. 3. Select the original document, click the arrow next to Merge, and then do one of the following: • To display the results of the comparison in the original document, click Merge. • To display the results in the currently open document, click Merge into current document. • To display the results in a new document, click Merge into new document. Notes • To ensure the best possible merge results, make sure that the Store random number to improve merge accuracy check box is selected on the Security tab of the Options dialog box (click Options on the Tools menu). • If you've used the Versions command on the File menu to save multiple versions of the document in one file, and you want to compare the current version with an earlier one, you must first save the earlier version as a separate file under a different name. Jeff wrote: I am using Word 2002 in XP SP-2. I would like to compare a OCR scanned document (scanned form the page proofs) received from a publisher with the original Word document that was sent out to find the changes and differences between the two. Can Word 2002 do this? Thank you. Jeff |
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can Word 2002 compare documents?
Thank you.
Jeff garfield-n-odie [MVP] wrote: Quoting from Word 2002 Help, which you can access in Word by pressing the F1 key on your keyboard or by clicking on Help on the menu bar at the top of your Word window: Compare and merge documents 1. Open the edited copy of the document. 2. On the Tools menu, click Compare and Merge Documents. 3. Select the original document, click the arrow next to Merge, and then do one of the following: • To display the results of the comparison in the original document, click Merge. • To display the results in the currently open document, click Merge into current document. • To display the results in a new document, click Merge into new document. Notes • To ensure the best possible merge results, make sure that the Store random number to improve merge accuracy check box is selected on the Security tab of the Options dialog box (click Options on the Tools menu). • If you've used the Versions command on the File menu to save multiple versions of the document in one file, and you want to compare the current version with an earlier one, you must first save the earlier version as a separate file under a different name. Jeff wrote: I am using Word 2002 in XP SP-2. I would like to compare a OCR scanned document (scanned form the page proofs) received from a publisher with the original Word document that was sent out to find the changes and differences between the two. Can Word 2002 do this? Thank you. Jeff |
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