MS Word - Compare and Merge

[Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>]

Anthony wondered: <<I am using MS Word's Compare and Merge feature to  
compare two versions of the same document at different stages of its  
development.  Thus far it seems to be playing havoc with the order of  
the template's numbering.>>

I haven't used Word 2003, but I've heard no indication whatsoever  
that Microsoft has bothered to fix the autonumbering bug. Compare and  
Merge uses the revision tracking code, which is ordinarily a good  
thing, since that code is quite solid. However, at least in previous  
versions and probably in 2003 too, the revision tracking feature does  
not play well with autonumbering (or with automatic bullets in the  
List Bullet style); whenever you change text in the autonumbered  
paragraphs, and sometimes "near" them (in a way I haven't been able  
to define better than that), Word gets confused and screws up the  
numbering or bullets.

I'm not aware of any other adverse side-effects of this combination  
of features, but one thing I've learned about Word: expect the  
unexpected. That being said, this feature should not screw up any  
formatting unless you have dueling document formats: for example, if  
one version of the document is automatically set to update styles,  
and you manually edited a style, I can imagine this having annoying-- 
but not dire--consequences that would require you to undo the  
formatting changes.

But on the whole, it should be safe to use. You'll just have to fix  
the autonumbering problem.

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Geoff Hart   ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca

(try geoffhart -at- mac -dot- com if you don't get a reply)

www.geoff-hart.com

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