Is there a way of comparing several versions of a word document? aussie8 10/13/2008 12:38:00 AM Due to the incorrect saving of a document (my Auntie's life story), there are several different versions at different stages of update in Word. They vary from 50 pages to 120 pages in length, but because she was adding to the first document she could see and not necessarily to the most recently updated, she has added bits and pieces to the versions in an ad hoc manner and not to the latest version. Is there a way to merge the documents into one document containing all the variances in each of the individual documents? Even if it can be done two documents at a time, that would be better than having to physically read and compare each document, then cut and paste. Cheers!

Re: Is there a way of comparing several versions of a word document? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 10/13/2008 5:11:57 AM Tools | Compare and Merge Documents. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "aussie8" <aussie8[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FA1A18F7-02D3-46FD-8D4E-8AF73C1BBABE[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Due to the incorrect saving of a document (my Auntie's life story), there > are > several different versions at different stages of update in Word. They > vary > from 50 pages to 120 pages in length, but because she was adding to the > first > document she could see and not necessarily to the most recently updated, > she > has added bits and pieces to the versions in an ad hoc manner and not to > the > latest version. > Is there a way to merge the documents into one document containing all the > variances in each of the individual documents? Even if it can be done two > documents at a time, that would be better than having to physically read > and > compare each document, then cut and paste. > Cheers! >

Re: Is there a way of comparing several versions of a word document? "Graham Mayor" <gmayor[ at ]REMOVETHISmvps.org> 10/13/2008 5:13:07 AM Checkout Word help for compare and merge. -- <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> aussie8 wrote: [Quoted Text] > Due to the incorrect saving of a document (my Auntie's life story), > there are several different versions at different stages of update in > Word. They vary from 50 pages to 120 pages in length, but because she > was adding to the first document she could see and not necessarily to > the most recently updated, she has added bits and pieces to the > versions in an ad hoc manner and not to the latest version. > Is there a way to merge the documents into one document containing > all the variances in each of the individual documents? Even if it can > be done two documents at a time, that would be better than having to > physically read and compare each document, then cut and paste. > Cheers!