What is "Find formatting" in Compare-and-Merge-Documents

[Mister.Fred.Ma]

I'm using Office 2003. From surfing, I've found that the find-
formatting switch "show all differences in formatting, not just
differences in the text contained in the document". Simple enough.

However, I am also presented with a dialog box saying "Word can only
store one set of formatting changes in the final, merged document.
Choose which set of formatting changes to keep." I have to choose one
of the two documents being compared. So my question is, what is meant
by the "formatting changes" for document 1, versus the "formatting
changes" for document 2? I don't have tracked changes on, so
shouldn't be any set of changes associated with a one document.

I'm wondering if the messages means the changes *between* documents,
and I am asked which is the "original" and which is the revised? To
me, asking the user for such a choice doesn't make sense because the
Comare-and-Merge function already takes one of the documents as the
original, and the 2nd document as the revised document.

Thanks for any clarification.

Fred

 

[Mister.Fred.Ma]

I'm using Office 2003. From surfing, I've found that the find-
formatting switch "show all differences in formatting, not just
differences in the text contained in the document". Simple enough.

However, I am also presented with a dialog box saying "Word can only
store one set of formatting changes in the final, merged document.
Choose which set of formatting changes to keep." I have to choose one
of the two documents being compared. So my question is, what is meant
by the "formatting changes" for document 1, versus the "formatting
changes" for document 2? I don't have tracked changes on, so
shouldn't be any set of changes associated with a one document.

I'm wondering if the messages means the changes *between* documents,
and I am asked which is the "original" and which is the revised? To
me, asking the user for such a choice doesn't make sense because the
Compare-and-Merge function already takes one of the documents as the
original, and the 2nd document as the revised document.

Oops, just a minor correction. A two-document compare is done (as
opposed a potentially multi-document merge) by checking off
Blacklining. And the document from which this function is invoked is
taken as the baseline document. The 2nd document, opened from within
this function, is taken as the changed document. Changes are
highlighted in a manner that shows what is required to change the 1st
document into the 2nd document.

In contrast, merge highlights all additional text from multiple
documents as insertions.

 

[Mister.Fred.Ma]

I'm using Office 2003. From surfing, I've found that the find-
formatting switch "show all differences in formatting, not just
differences in the text contained in the document". Simple enough.

However, I am also presented with a dialog box saying "Word can only
store one set of formatting changes in the final, merged document.
Choose which set of formatting changes to keep." I have to choose one
of the two documents being compared. So my question is, what is meant
by the "formatting changes" for document 1, versus the "formatting
changes" for document 2? I don't have tracked changes on, so
shouldn't be any set of changes associated with a one document.

I'm wondering if the messages means the changes *between* documents,
and I am asked which is the "original" and which is the revised? To
me, asking the user for such a choice doesn't make sense because the
Compare-and-Merge function already takes one of the documents as the
original, and the 2nd document as the revised document.

Oops, just a minor correction. A two-document compare is done (as
opposed a potentially multi-document merge) by checking off
Blacklining. And the document from which this function is invoked is
taken as the baseline document. The 2nd document, opened from within
this function, is taken as the changed document.

Excuse me. Let me try this again.

And the document from which this function is invoked is taken as the
"CHANGED" document. The 2nd document, opened from within this
function, is taken as the BASELINE document. Changes are highlighted
in a manner that shows what is required to change the baseline
(SECOND) document into the "changed" (FIRST) document.