word doc comparison without "track changes" ?

[Guest]

How can i compare a updated word doc for changes with the past copy of same
document , when "track changes" are not enbaled in the doc while it was
updated ?

 

[Stefan Blom]

You can compare documents side by side in Word, or you can merge two
documents and have Word display the differences as tracked changes.
See the overview in the following help topic:

About comparing and merging documents
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP030822041033.aspx

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[Guest]

Hello Stefan,
Thanks for the info.
But we have Microsoft word version 2000 installed, which does not have the
"Compare nad Merge" Feature.
Can you suggest some solution for comapring documents in this version.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Well, one way to visually compare documents side by side in Word 2000
is to open the documents, minimize any other open applications,
right-click the
taskbar and choose to Tile Vertically.

Another approach is to use Tools>Track Changes>Compare Documents. This
investigates the differences between documents and adds them as
tracked changes.

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[Stan Brown]

Tue, 10 Jan 2006 01:42:02 -0800 from <"=?Utf-8?B?TmFyZXNoIFJhbmE=?

How can i compare a updated word doc for changes with the past copy of same
document , when "track changes" are not enbaled in the doc while it was
updated ?

Do you still have the "past copy" as a separate file? If not, there's
no way.

If the "past copy" is a separate file, you can use the free CSDIFF
utility to compare them:
<http://componentsoftware.com/products/csdiff/news.htm>.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

But we have Microsoft word version 2000 installed, which does not have the

"Compare nad Merge" Feature.

Are you sure? I'm pretty sure Compare has been on the Tools menu for many,
many versions. Compare Side by Side is new, but it is not what you want,
anyway. And you don't actually want to merge the document, just compare one
to other and have it display markup (which is comparable to Track Changes).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[grigsoft]

You can check our Compare It! tool (http://www.grigsoft.com/) - it can
compare .doc files. Trial version can do this too, so you don't have to
purcahse it if this is a one time operation for you.

Igor Green
http://www.grigsoft.com/
Compare It! + Synchronize It! - files and folders comparison never was
easier!

 

[Stefan Blom]

My reference to Tools>Track Changes>Compare Documents (in a previous
response) is for Word 2000.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Thanks, Stefan. I never used Word 2000 and haven't used any of these
features until very recently, so I'm not very familiar with the menu
structure for the features.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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