Compare Documents - Word won't compare entire document

[Aron]

I am trying to compare two fairly similar documents using the
Tools --> Track Changes --> Compare Documents feature,
but when I do this, Word compares the first 5.5 pages or so and
ignores the remaining 22 pages. There seems to be nothing special
about the point where it stops comparing the two documents, other
than it is at the end of a paragraph -- in one paragraph, all the
changes are highlighted, and in the next, none are.

I've tried doing this in Word for X running Jaguar, and I also tried it
using Word 2001 for Mac OS 9.1, and I got the exact same result -- it
stopped comparing documents in exactly the same place.

Any ideas on why this might be, and what I might be able to do to fix
this problem? (I guess I can always split up the file into multiple
shorter files, but I'd prefer a real solution.)

Thanks,
Aron

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Word's document compare capabilities are rudimentary, due in part to how
complex even a simple-looking Word document can be. If what you are trying
to compare is text (rather than formatting changes), try saving one or both
of the documents as text files and then running your comparison.
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Charles Kenyon

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