Compare Versions Doesn't Work with File with No Extension

ID: Q117695

2.00 2.00a 2.00a-CD 2.00b 2.00c 6.00 6.00a 6.00c WINDOWS

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-cd, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a

SYMPTOMS

In Word 6.0, when you compare one version of a document to another document that does not have an extension, Word does not mark any revisions in the first document.

In Word 2.x, when you compare a document that has an extension to one that does not, Word generates the following error if the document does not include a period after the filename:

   This document does not exist.

If the filename includes a period, Word 2.x marks the revisions but does not indicate whether the revisions were deleted or added.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word versions 2.x, 6.0, and 6.0a for Windows. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

WORKAROUND

Rename the file that does not have an extension so that it includes an extension; then run Compare Versions.

KBCategory: KBSubcategory: Additional reference words: winword2 2.00 2.00a 2.00a-cd 2.00b 2.00c 6.00 word6 6.00a 6.00c compare versions revisions revised marked mark marks winword

Keywords          : kbproof 
Version           : 2.00 2.00a 2.00a-CD 2.00b 2.00c
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: February 6, 1998