"versions" feature in ms word "Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45[ at ]comcast.net> 06.07.2006 17:11:56 you know how in ms word 2003 there is this option called "version" in the file menu? well, i started using it like a month ago because i found it usefull for keeping older versions of some of my files. now a days i am testing Windows Vista and i am using MS office 2007 beta 2. in ms word 2007 i can't seem to find the versions option. can someone please help me find the "versions" option in ms word 2007 and tell me where it is and stuff so that i can use it. and if there is a better newsgroup to post this in please tell me that as well. from, Steven

Re: "versions" feature in ms word "Margaret Aldis" <Margaret.Aldis[ at ]mvps.(SpamStopper)org.invalid> 06.07.2006 17:21:40 As I understand it, Versions has gone from 2007 - and a very good decision too. Using Versions in 2003 is basically keeping all your eggs in one basket - and carrying on loading those eggs in until the basket breaks or the eggs fall out! If the older versions are important, keep them properly backed up in separate files and on separate media. -- Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org "Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45[ at ]comcast.net> wrote in message news:E42535DB-126E-4B17-B41F-F8EFC9B730D2[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > you know how in ms word 2003 there is this option called "version" in the > file menu? well, i started using it like a month ago because i found it > usefull for keeping older versions of some of my files. now a days i am > testing Windows Vista and i am using MS office 2007 beta 2. in ms word > 2007 i can't seem to find the versions option. can someone please help me > find the "versions" option in ms word 2007 and tell me where it is and > stuff so that i can use it. > > and if there is a better newsgroup to post this in please tell me that as > well. > > > > from, > Steven

Re: "versions" feature in ms word "Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45[ at ]comcast.net> 06.07.2006 17:46:39 i don't want that though. i like the versions feature. i saw something about it in word 2007 but i'm not sure how it works because its set up a lot differently. "Margaret Aldis" <Margaret.Aldis[ at ]mvps.(SpamStopper)org.invalid> wrote in message news:%23rYHmCSoGHA.3440[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > As I understand it, Versions has gone from 2007 - and a very good decision > too. > > Using Versions in 2003 is basically keeping all your eggs in one basket - > and carrying on loading those eggs in until the basket breaks or the eggs > fall out! > > If the older versions are important, keep them properly backed up in > separate files and on separate media. > > -- > Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP > Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk > Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org > > "Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45[ at ]comcast.net> wrote in message > news:E42535DB-126E-4B17-B41F-F8EFC9B730D2[ at ]microsoft.com... >> you know how in ms word 2003 there is this option called "version" in the >> file menu? well, i started using it like a month ago because i found it >> usefull for keeping older versions of some of my files. now a days i am >> testing Windows Vista and i am using MS office 2007 beta 2. in ms word >> 2007 i can't seem to find the versions option. can someone please help me >> find the "versions" option in ms word 2007 and tell me where it is and >> stuff so that i can use it. >> >> and if there is a better newsgroup to post this in please tell me that as >> well. >> >> >> >> from, >> Steven > >

Re: "versions" feature in ms word "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]" <john[ at ]mcghie.name> 07.07.2006 11:26:49 Hi Steven: As far as I know, Margaret is correct: There is no Versions feature planned for Word 2007. Word 2007 cannot keep multiple versions in a single file. Microsoft made this change because adding versions to a file caused the file to corrupt. Users then lost the original file and ALL its versions. If you keep using the version feature, you will soon lose everything: the current version, and all of the previous ones. When a document *corrupts*, it's not like spilling coffee on it. You can read some of it. When a file corrupts, you can't read *any* of it. So you can't *fix* it either. Now, right at the moment, you don't know whether to believe me or not. If you stop using the Version feature now, with luck you will never have to find out :-) Hope this helps On 7/7/06 3:46 AM, in article 37244482-B2C2-45F1-9138-E1CCB0D4BD3B[ at ]microsoft.com, "Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45[ at ]comcast.net> wrote: [Quoted Text] > i don't want that though. > i like the versions feature. > i saw something about it in word 2007 but i'm not sure how it works because > its set up a lot differently. > "Margaret Aldis" <Margaret.Aldis[ at ]mvps.(SpamStopper)org.invalid> wrote in > message news:%23rYHmCSoGHA.3440[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> As I understand it, Versions has gone from 2007 - and a very good decision >> too. >> >> Using Versions in 2003 is basically keeping all your eggs in one basket - >> and carrying on loading those eggs in until the basket breaks or the eggs >> fall out! >> >> If the older versions are important, keep them properly backed up in >> separate files and on separate media. >> >> -- >> Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP >> Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk >> Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org >> >> "Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45[ at ]comcast.net> wrote in message >> news:E42535DB-126E-4B17-B41F-F8EFC9B730D2[ at ]microsoft.com... >>> you know how in ms word 2003 there is this option called "version" in the >>> file menu? well, i started using it like a month ago because i found it >>> usefull for keeping older versions of some of my files. now a days i am >>> testing Windows Vista and i am using MS office 2007 beta 2. in ms word >>> 2007 i can't seem to find the versions option. can someone please help me >>> find the "versions" option in ms word 2007 and tell me where it is and >>> stuff so that i can use it. >>> >>> and if there is a better newsgroup to post this in please tell me that as >>> well. >>> >>> >>> >>> from, >>> Steven >> >> > -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie <john[ at ]mcghie.name> Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

Re: "versions" feature in ms word "Bob Buckland ?:-\)" <75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com> 10.07.2006 05:46:09 Hi Steven, The 'equivalent' of versioning in Word 2007 includes using a Sharepoint (site) library with check-in/check-out type functionallity. My understanding is that for folks moving to Word 2007 (once it's released) there should be a tool of some sort to separate the versions into different files along the lines of the MS Office Binder 'unbind' tool that started in Office XP after MS Binder was discontinued. Unfortunately, the 'help' page for the 2007 Versioning feature, using Sharepoint, is a bit 'slim' at present http://officebeta.iponet.net/en-us/sharepointtechnology/HA100215761033.aspx ====== <<"Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45[ at ]comcast.net> wrote in message news:37244482-B2C2-45F1-9138-E1CCB0D4BD3B[ at ]microsoft.com... i don't want that though. i like the versions feature. i saw something about it in word 2007 but i'm not sure how it works because its set up a lot differently. >> -- I hope this helped you, Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office system products MVP >>*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends<< LINKS to the 2007 Office System 1. Read about it, try it, or watch the movie :) the 2007 Microsoft Office system info, online Test Drive, or downloadable beta is at http://microsoft.com/office/preview 2. Already have 2007 Office System Beta 2? Send Microsoft your feedback (with pictures) http://sas.office.microsoft.com/ 3. Use the 2007 OfficeOnline website without Office2007 a. Install the ActiveX access control http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=XT101650581033 b. then visit http://officebeta.iponet.net

Re: "versions" feature in ms word "Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45[ at ]comcast.net> 11.07.2006 21:37:33 well, i have been using it for over two years now and i have used the feature with over 1120 files and none of them are currupt so far. well, one or two got corrupt while transfering it to a ppc runing wm 2003 via activesynce 4.7 but luckely that was only a copy. everything was readable in it though. some of those files have from 10 to 20 versions in them. "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]" <john[ at ]mcghie.name> wrote in message news:C0D48219.3CB8A%john[ at ]mcghie.name... [Quoted Text] > Hi Steven: > > As far as I know, Margaret is correct: There is no Versions feature > planned > for Word 2007. Word 2007 cannot keep multiple versions in a single file. > > Microsoft made this change because adding versions to a file caused the > file > to corrupt. Users then lost the original file and ALL its versions. > > If you keep using the version feature, you will soon lose everything: the > current version, and all of the previous ones. > > When a document *corrupts*, it's not like spilling coffee on it. You can > read some of it. When a file corrupts, you can't read *any* of it. So > you > can't *fix* it either. > > Now, right at the moment, you don't know whether to believe me or not. If > you stop using the Version feature now, with luck you will never have to > find out :-) > > Hope this helps > > > On 7/7/06 3:46 AM, in article > 37244482-B2C2-45F1-9138-E1CCB0D4BD3B[ at ]microsoft.com, "Steven Wabik" > <Stevenw45[ at ]comcast.net> wrote: > >> i don't want that though. >> i like the versions feature. >> i saw something about it in word 2007 but i'm not sure how it works >> because >> its set up a lot differently. >> "Margaret Aldis" <Margaret.Aldis[ at ]mvps.(SpamStopper)org.invalid> wrote in >> message news:%23rYHmCSoGHA.3440[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> As I understand it, Versions has gone from 2007 - and a very good >>> decision >>> too. >>> >>> Using Versions in 2003 is basically keeping all your eggs in one >>> basket - >>> and carrying on loading those eggs in until the basket breaks or the >>> eggs >>> fall out! >>> >>> If the older versions are important, keep them properly backed up in >>> separate files and on separate media. >>> >>> -- >>> Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP >>> Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk >>> Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org >>> >>> "Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45[ at ]comcast.net> wrote in message >>> news:E42535DB-126E-4B17-B41F-F8EFC9B730D2[ at ]microsoft.com... >>>> you know how in ms word 2003 there is this option called "version" in >>>> the >>>> file menu? well, i started using it like a month ago because i found it >>>> usefull for keeping older versions of some of my files. now a days i am >>>> testing Windows Vista and i am using MS office 2007 beta 2. in ms word >>>> 2007 i can't seem to find the versions option. can someone please help >>>> me >>>> find the "versions" option in ms word 2007 and tell me where it is and >>>> stuff so that i can use it. >>>> >>>> and if there is a better newsgroup to post this in please tell me that >>>> as >>>> well. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> from, >>>> Steven >>> >>> >> > > -- > > Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email > me unless I ask you to. > > John McGhie <john[ at ]mcghie.name> > Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer > Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 >

Re: "versions" feature in ms word "Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45[ at ]comcast.net> 11.07.2006 21:38:22 thanks. "Bob Buckland ?:-)" <75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com> wrote in message news:ORJKhL%23oGHA.516[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Hi Steven, > > The 'equivalent' of versioning in Word 2007 includes using a Sharepoint > (site) library with check-in/check-out type functionallity. > My understanding is that for folks moving to Word 2007 (once it's > released) there should be a tool of some sort to separate the > versions into different files along the lines of the MS Office Binder > 'unbind' tool that started in Office XP after MS Binder was > discontinued. > > Unfortunately, the 'help' page for the 2007 Versioning feature, using > Sharepoint, is a bit 'slim' at present > > http://officebeta.iponet.net/en-us/sharepointtechnology/HA100215761033.aspx > > > ====== > <<"Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45[ at ]comcast.net> wrote in message > news:37244482-B2C2-45F1-9138-E1CCB0D4BD3B[ at ]microsoft.com... > i don't want that though. > i like the versions feature. > i saw something about it in word 2007 but i'm not sure how it works > because its set up a lot differently. >> > -- > I hope this helped you, > > Bob Buckland ?:-) > MS Office system products MVP > > >>*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends<< > > LINKS to the 2007 Office System > > 1. Read about it, try it, or watch the movie :) > the 2007 Microsoft Office system info, > online Test Drive, or downloadable beta is at > http://microsoft.com/office/preview > > 2. Already have 2007 Office System Beta 2? > Send Microsoft your feedback (with pictures) > http://sas.office.microsoft.com/ > > 3. Use the 2007 OfficeOnline website without Office2007 > > a. Install the ActiveX access control > http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=XT101650581033 > b. then visit http://officebeta.iponet.net > > >