Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2007, 2010, and 2013. If you are using an earlier version (Word 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Word, click here: Comparing Document Versions.
Word includes a tool that allows you to compare two documents to each other. The document in memory is marked with revision marks to indicate the changes from the document on disk. You perform a comparison in this manner:
Figure 1. The Compare Documents dialog box.
When the comparison is done, Word shows the original documents and the compared document, which contains revision marks (using familiar Track Changes markup) to indicate what has changed.
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2016-10-27 11:55:38
John
Hello.
I have a question. If I save the Compared Document and close Word can I continue later on wit the saved Compared Documet, i.e. without having to start with a new Compared Document?
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