Word.Document.Compare.md

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Document.Compare method (Word)	vbawd10.chm158007781	vbawd10.chm158007781	Word.Document.Compare	2715f719-d141-c60c-8956-64aa3a58e268	06/08/2017	medium

Document.Compare method (Word)

Displays revision marks that indicate where the specified document differs from another document.

Syntax

expression. Compare( _Name_ , _AuthorName_ , _CompareTarget_ , _DetectFormatChanges_ , _IgnoreAllComparisonWarnings_ , _AddToRecentFiles_ , _RemovePersonalInformation_ , _RemoveDateAndTime_ )

expression Required. A variable that represents a Document object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data type	Description
Name	Required	String	The name of the document with which the specified document is compared.
AuthorName	Optional	Variant	The reviewer name associated with the differences generated by the comparison. If unspecified, the value defaults to the author name of the revised document or the string "Comparison" if no author information is present.
CompareTarget	Optional	Variant	The target document for the comparison. Can be any WdCompareTarget constant.
DetectFormatChanges	Optional	Boolean	True (default) for the comparison to include detection of format changes.
IgnoreAllComparisonWarnings	Optional	Variant	True compares the documents without notifying a user of problems. The default value is False.
AddToRecentFiles	Optional	Variant	True adds the document to the list of recently used files on the File menu.
RemovePersonalInformation	Optional	Boolean	True removes all user information from comments, revisions, and the properties dialog box in the returned Document object . The default value is False.
RemoveDateAndTime	Optional	Boolean	True removes date and time stamp information from tracked changes in the returned Document object. The default value is False.

Example

This example compares the active document with the document named "FirstRev.doc" in the Draft folder and places the comparison differences in a new document.

Sub CompareDocument() 
 ActiveDocument.Compare Name:="C:\Draft\FirstRev.doc", _ 
 CompareTarget:=wdCompareTargetNew 
End Sub

See also

Document Object

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