WD2000: Formatting/Drawing Layer Change Unmarked in Compare Docs

• Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

The Compare Documents feature does not recognize formatting changes as revisions to your document. For example, changing the font or paragraph characteristics; applying borders and shading; changing column formatting; and adding bullets, numbering, or heading numbering are not identified with revision marks when you run Compare Documents. (On the Tools menu, point to Track Changes, and then click Compare Documents.)

In addition, Compare Documents does not identify additions or deletions of drawing objects, nor does it recognize changes to text within a text box.

STATUS

By design, Compare Documents recognizes text changes, such as additions or deletions of text to your document, but Compare Documents does not mark formatting changes you make to your text.

With regard to Compare Documents not recognizing the addition, deletion, or alteration of drawing layer objects, Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed above.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q232466 WD2000: Third-Party Document Comparison Solution 'CompareRite'

Additional query words: compare version versions comparing compared comparison revise revised revision revisions marks

Keywords          : kbdta 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug 

Last Reviewed: May 19, 1999