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Re fixing issues with editing and tracking changes in a document --
OpenOffice.org Writer has the same feature tracking abilities and works between
OpenOffice.org and Word. Download and use for free at www.openoffice.org Try
using OOo Writer, then save in MS Word format, and give that file to the client.
I've done this while editing authors who had Word (not sure which version) and it
worked great.
Solveig
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solveig -at- techwriterstuff -dot- com
"I'm the editor your momma warned you about."
> A L Edwards reports: <<I'm using MS Office Professional XP to edit a
> document for a client who is using MS 2000. Her program is accepting only
> some of my edits - but not all. Do I need to save the edits in the MS2000
> version? What else might I need to do before submitting changes to her?>>
>
> You'll need to upgrade your copy of XP using the latest "service packs" from
> Microsoft. The first few releases of Word XP adamantly refused to
> communicate politely with earlier versions of Word, but in recent testing,
> we discovered that one of the most recent patches fixed this problem. Sorry,
> don't have details handy--I'm still happy with Word 97 and see no reason to
> upgrade.
>
> In the meantime, if you still have your copy of Office 2000 or 97 around,
> it's supposed to be possible to run these on the same computer as XP. I
> haven't tried this, but that's the theory; Microsoft undoubtedly has
> something about how to do this in their knowledge base. Maybe it's worth
> "upgrading" to the older version of Office until you resolve the problem?
>
> --Geoff Hart, geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca
> (try ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca if you get no response)
> Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada
> 580 boul. St-Jean
> Pointe-Claire, Que., H9R 3J9 Canada
>
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