Merge comments and changes from several reviewers into one document

Microsoft Office Word 2003

Merge comments and changes from several reviewers into one document

  1. Open the document into which you want to merge changes.
  2. On the Tools menu, click Compare and Merge Documents.
  3. Click one of the documents that has changes to be merged.
  4. Click the arrow next to Merge, and then click Merge into current document.
  5. Repeat steps 2-4 until all copies of the document are merged.

Notes

  • For best results when merging changes from multiple reviewers, click Options on the Tools menu, and then make sure the Store random number to improve merge accuracy check box is selected.
  • Microsoft Word can store only one set of formatting changes at a time. Therefore, when you merge multiple documents, you may be prompted to decide whether you want to keep the formatting from the original document or use the formatting from the edited document. If you don't need to track formatting changes, you can clear the Find formatting check box in the Compare and Merge Documents dialog box.