"Do you want to merge changes" when opening file.

[DeanH]

Word 2003 SP3 (11.8215.8202)
XP 2002 Pro SP2
Morning all.
I don't know if a recent background upgrade has occurred but now when I open
a file received from a contributor I get a message bar, which I have never
seen before, saying "Do you want to merge changes in <filename> back into
<filename>?" with the options of "Yes", "No", and "No and don't ask again".
As I work with many contributors and they all work on files I created and
they are returning to me, you can imagine that this message is starting to
get irritating. I don't think I have changed any setting but does anyone know
how to turn this feature off?
Many thanks
DeanH

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See "Do you want to Merge Changes?"
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=107

 

[DeanH]

Spot on Suzanne, as usual.
The company has recently gone over to Outlook (which I have not used for
many years) so no wonder I could not find any setting in Word to stop this.
Many, many thanks.
DeanH

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I'm just a parrot. <g> I don't use Outlook, and I guess my clients don't,
either. In any case, I've never encountered this issue, but I did recall
that I had an article about it listed on my "cheat sheet."

 

[DeanH]

So far so good, Since changing the setting I have not had the message.
Cross-fingers.
Thanks again.
DeanH