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Comparing Two Versions of a Word Document

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So, you’ve been working on a document on Word, emailed a copy to yourself to work on it elsewhere, and when you got back to the original, you forgot to turn the “track changes” on. Now what?

You can either cut and paste the two versions together manually, or use one of three options provided to you by Microsoft Word. Today we’ll focus on just one of those.

This method allows you to compare the versions, merge them into another document, and then allow you to approve or reject them.

  • Open a document.
  • On the Tools menu, click Compare and Merge Documents.
  • Select the document that you want to compare to the copy that is currently open.
  • 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.

    • Merge Word docs

    Results will vary, but this can be a good starting point. Check in tomorrow for the second version, using WinMerge.

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    Posted in Office, Productivity on April 9th, 2007

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