basic merge/track changes question (XP/SP2)

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Hi

What circumstances prompt the “do you want to merge xyz.doc with . . .” message?
Once someone has entered yes to that question, can you turn that feature off again?

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Hi Nancy:
Could you be more specific about the message & what you’re doing when it happens? If you go to Tools/Merge Documents… (I have Word 2000, so XP menus may be a little different), you will get a message that “the merged documents contain unmarked changes. Do you want to merge up to the first untracked change?”, if your document has untracked changes.

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Hi Nancy:
Could you be more specific about the message & what you’re doing when it happens? If you go to Tools/Merge Documents… (I have Word 2000, so XP menus may be a little different), you will get a message that “the merged documents contain unmarked changes. Do you want to merge up to the first untracked change?”, if your document has untracked changes.

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Do you get this message for documents you received by e-mail?[indent]

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When you send a Word 2002 document in e-mail the AdHocReviewCycleID property is added to the document and the property is assigned a randomly generated GUID value. When you open a document with an AdHocReviewCycleID value, the value is compared to the GUIDs of documents that you have previously created on your computer. If the GUID matches a GUID on your computer, you are prompted with the following dialog:

Do you want to merge changes in DocumentName back into FilePathDocumentName?

To remove the AdHocReviewCycleID property, follow these steps:

1. Open the document.
2. Click File, click Properties, and then click the Custom tab.
3. In the Properties window, under the Name heading, click _AdHocReviewCycleID, and then click Delete.
4. Click OK.

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[/indent](This is from How to minimize metadata in Microsoft Word 2002)

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That was exactly it – worked like a charm!
Thank you very much.

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That was exactly it – worked like a charm!
Thank you very much.

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Do you get this message for documents you received by e-mail?[indent]

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When you send a Word 2002 document in e-mail the AdHocReviewCycleID property is added to the document and the property is assigned a randomly generated GUID value. When you open a document with an AdHocReviewCycleID value, the value is compared to the GUIDs of documents that you have previously created on your computer. If the GUID matches a GUID on your computer, you are prompted with the following dialog:

Do you want to merge changes in DocumentName back into FilePathDocumentName?

To remove the AdHocReviewCycleID property, follow these steps:

1. Open the document.
2. Click File, click Properties, and then click the Custom tab.
3. In the Properties window, under the Name heading, click _AdHocReviewCycleID, and then click Delete.
4. Click OK.

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[/indent](This is from How to minimize metadata in Microsoft Word 2002)

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