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How does comparison work in Word?

Anonymous
2021-07-09T00:11:23+00:00

I did a "comparison" of two documents. The display showed what looked like a document with the differences marked with black lines down the margins. When I exited I was asked if I wanted to save Doc2.docx. I saved it, but when I looked at it I didn't see any place where the differences were identified.

What kind of permanent result do you get when you do a comparison?

Thanks,

LAS

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  1. Stefan Blom 339.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2021-07-09T07:49:10+00:00

    In Word, you can compare the differences between two documents or you can combine edits from different reviewers. For more, see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/compare-document-differences-using-the-legal-blackline-option-dbfc7351-4022-43a2-a0c4-54d1898702a0.

    The result of a combine or compare will be presented in a separate document window and you can save that document. You can't save the specific view which is the initial result of the process, though.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-07-09T02:21:49+00:00

    Hello Laurel,

    My name is Charles Kenyon and I am an Independent Advisor in this forum . This forum is a user-to-user support forum. I am a fellow user with decades of experience using Microsoft Word. I have written extensively on using Word and have help articles on the Microsoft site.

    The comparison is similar to running tracked changes to get from one document to another. The differences are there. Open the comparison document that you saved.

    Go to the Review tab and change how you view changes in your document.

    Turn on the Reviewing Pane.

    Change how Revisions are displayed (in-line/balloons)

    I hope this information helps.

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