"Do you want to revert to the saved .... document" What does thismean?

[rafael montserrat]

I don't understand the window that says, "Do you want to revert to the saved
'Ch 1.2 ?" when I open a document that I have already saved to the hard
disk.

I click "no". But I'm still not sure what it means and what I should do.

Can someone clue me in on this. Thanks

 

[Freddy Samson]

This usually happens when you are opening a document that is already open
and contains changes. In other words, the question really is: "do you want
two copies to be opened and worked on, or do you want to continue in the
version that is already being amended".
I have given up wondering why specific wordings are used that leave so much
room for misunderstanding.

 

[rafael montserrat]

Thanks

About what you say "...the version that is already being amended".

I don't think this ("Do you want to revert to the saved...) is happening
with a document that is already open. I think it happens with a document
that has been saved and closed.

It would not be "... already being amended", because the amendments have
already been saved and backed up. No?

I'll have to check this next time it happens





From: Freddy Samson <[email protected]>

This usually happens when you are opening a document that is already open
and contains changes. In other words, the question really is: "do you want
two copies to be opened and worked on, or do you want to continue in the
version that is already being amended".

I have given up wondering why specific wordings are used that leave so much
room for misunderstanding.

 

[rafael montserrat]

OK

I posted to Freddy Samson.

What do you refer to whan you write: "article
<BB4E2AA7.17AA%[email protected]>"?

Is that a reference code shown in the group window used to click to the
referenced post? I couldn't find the code in the list.





From: "Jim Gordon" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.mac.office.word
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 22:39:50 -0400
Subject: Re: "Do you want to revert to the saved .... document" What does
this mean?


This is the type of misunderstanding that Microsoft needs to know about. We
can share the misunderstood dialog among ourselves, but it will never get
fixed if the programmers at Microsoft don't know there's a problem with the
wording.

Please take a moment to use the feedback feature on Word's Help menu to send
in a suggestion that the wording be changed (be sure to suggest better
wording).

If you are not using Word X, then you can use this link to submit the
suggestion:
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP


-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

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