Compare and Merge??? Word 2002

[Valerie]

Hello, I am experiencing something in Word that I have
not seen before and am trying to figure out why it is
occurring. When I open a certain document that was
previously created by me and has since been modified by
someone else, it asks me if I want to merge the document
back into MY original one. The changed document has a
different subject line and the document as a whole is
much different. I loooked through all my temp files
thinking maybe this is why it is occurring but no luck.
I have also checked the original directory the file was
placed in(which it refers to) and i do not see not tmp
files there. I did at one point have "Offline Folders"
enabled in WinXP and have since turned it off. Would
this have something to do with it. Basically I am trying
to figure out under what circumstances it occurs so that
if it occurrs to someone else (it has already)I can
either set it Not To or explain why. BTW - I can
say "No" to the merge and it goes away.

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Valerie,

This is most likely due to a setting you had (have)
activated in Outlook when you sent the document.
Tools/Options/Preferences/Email options/Advanced Email
options/ Add properties to attachments to enable Reply with
changes.

Turn this off, and it should stop happening to documents
you send out, then receive back.

I am experiencing something in Word that I have
not seen before and am trying to figure out why it is
occurring. When I open a certain document that was
previously created by me and has since been modified by
someone else, it asks me if I want to merge the document
back into MY original one.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update
Sep 30 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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