Word should let me write alternate versions of a paragraph Actuan Man 12/12/2008 10:27:01 PM I would like to see a feature within Microsoft Word where it allows me to add alternate versions of a range of text -- especially a paragraph. For example, if I'm writing a document I may want to try wording a particular paragraph in a few different ways and then settle on the final version. In my mind, we'd select the initial version of the text with the cursor, right click and choose "Alternate version..." From there we'd be able to create new version of the text. The user would review the alternate versions using arrows that appeared in the margins of the document. Rotating through the versions would replace the currently displayed version with the relevant alternate. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=7d8dec1c-d6dd-447f-aebb-2437248ac688&dg=microsoft.public.word.docmanagement

Re: Word should let me write alternate versions of a paragraph "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 12/13/2008 12:03:11 AM You can use Track Changes and/or Comments to get some of that functionality. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Actuan Man" <Actuan Man[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7D8DEC1C-D6DD-447F-AEBB-2437248AC688[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I would like to see a feature within Microsoft Word where it allows me to >add > alternate versions of a range of text -- especially a paragraph. For > example, if I'm writing a document I may want to try wording a particular > paragraph in a few different ways and then settle on the final version. > In > my mind, we'd select the initial version of the text with the cursor, > right > click and choose "Alternate version..." From there we'd be able to create > new version of the text. The user would review the alternate versions > using > arrows that appeared in the margins of the document. Rotating through the > versions would replace the currently displayed version with the relevant > alternate. > > ---------------- > This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the > suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I > Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow > this > link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then > click "I Agree" in the message pane. > > http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=7d8dec1c-d6dd-447f-aebb-2437248ac688&dg=microsoft.public.word.docmanagement >