Comparing 2 Documents

[Patty]

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)

I have Word 2004 (Mac Version)

My first document is formatted with descriptive text on the left and two tabbed "columns" of numbers (i.e. set up with tabs; not a table) on the right. My second document is the exact same document but was edited. I want to be able to compare these two documents as one document.

When I do the document comparison it puts the changes associated with the tabbed "columns" to the far right of the document (i.e. after the last tabbed "column") instead of putting the respective changes next to each of the individual tabbed "columns". I then have to change my view to landscape to see all the changes. Is there a way to make respective changes appear next to each tabbed set column?

See example below:

Wrong
Desc text tab col 1 tab col 2
Tests 525.00 650.00 Test 535.00 665.00

Would like to see
Desc text tab col 1 tab col 2
Tests Test 525.00 535.00 650.00 665.00

 

[Clive Huggan]

Hello Patty,

If you go into Normal view and initiate "Compare documents", the
additions/deletions will show up where they were made, and there will be no
balloons. That's the only option I know of.

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from the Americas and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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