WD: Formatting/Drawing Layer Change Unmarked in Compare Versions
Article ID: 121919
Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 6.0a
- Microsoft Word 6.0c
- Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95a
- Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q121919
SYMPTOMS
Compare Documents (Compare Versions in Word 6.x and 7.x) 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 (or
Compare Versions).
In addition, Compare Documents (or Compare Versions) 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 (or Compare Versions) recognizes text changes,
such as additions or deletions of text to your document, but Compare
Documents (or Compare Versions) does not mark formatting changes you make
to your text.
With regard to Compare Documents (or Compare Versions) not recognizing the
addition, deletion, or alteration of drawing layer objects, Microsoft has
confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article.
Additional query words: compare version versions comparing compared comparison revise revised revision revisions marks
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