"Compare Documents" opens a new document? Why?

[zmusashi]

I am new to Word 2004 and find it frustrating that when I select a
document to compare to another document, it automatically opens another
new document, and shows the changes in that document. I prefer how I
recall older versions of Word working, which allowed me to see the
changes directlyiin the document I select to compare, and accpet or
reject them. I liked that because I can save documents with "created
on" and "last modified" dates. It seems so extraneous. Am I dong
something wrong, or can I change this feature? Thank you for any
advice.
Fenton

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Hi Fenton:

It's a separate "Merge Document" command.

See the help topic "Merge comments and changes from several reviewers into
one document"

Cheers

I am new to Word 2004 and find it frustrating that when I select a
document to compare to another document, it automatically opens another
new document, and shows the changes in that document. I prefer how I
recall older versions of Word working, which allowed me to see the
changes directlyiin the document I select to compare, and accpet or
reject them. I liked that because I can save documents with "created
on" and "last modified" dates. It seems so extraneous. Am I dong
something wrong, or can I change this feature? Thank you for any
advice.
Fenton

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