WD98: Error Message: Merged Document Contains Unmarked Changes

• Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

If you attempt to use the Merge Documents feature to merge the tracked changes in two or more copies of the same document, you may receive the following error message:

   The merged documents contain unmarked changes. Do you want to merge up
   to the first untracked change?

CAUSE

This message occurs when there are differences in the two documents that have not been marked as tracked changes.

WORKAROUND

When Word displays the message described in the "Symptoms" section, if you click OK, Word merges only up to the first unmarked change and highlights it (selects it). Word does not add new material that is not marked as inserted text. If you click Cancel, Word cancels the merge.

At this point you can either compare these documents using the Compare Documents command, or mark all differences between the copies as tracked changes, to successfully complete the merge.

Before running the Compare Documents command, first turn off the Track Changes feature, and accept all tracked changes. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Open the first document.

2. On the Tools menu, point to Track Changes, and click Highlight Changes.

3. Click to clear the Track Changes While Editing check box, and then click OK.

4. On the Tools menu, point to Track Changes, and click Accept Or Reject Changes.

5. Use the Accept and Reject buttons to review the changes in the document.

6. Save and close the document.

7. Repeat steps 1 through 6 for the second document.

REFERENCES

For more information about tracking changes, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in Word Help, type the following text

  tracking changes

For more information about comparing documents, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q182058
   TITLE     : WD98: Merging Documents vs. Comparing Documents