Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated November 25, 2017)
This tip applies to Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
Word includes a tool that allows you to compare two documents to each other. The document in memory is marked with revision marks to indicate the changes from the document on disk. The way you compare documents depends on the version of Word you are using. Follow these steps if you are using Word 2002 or Word 2003:
If you are using Word 97 or Word 2000, you follow these steps:
Regardless of the version of Word you are using, when the comparison is done the document contains revision marks to indicate what has changed. Typically, new text is underlined and deleted text is struck through.
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