From d0d68daa12a21265c14cb279d3c30b6cb10e3eae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Cropp <simon.cropp@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:20:19 +1100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Removed the doc1.Close() and doc2.Close() calls and
 instead marked both documents as Saved = true (same as the   comparison
 document).

---
 src/MsWordDiff/Word.cs | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/MsWordDiff/Word.cs b/src/MsWordDiff/Word.cs
index 5582d21..b72b8d7 100644
--- a/src/MsWordDiff/Word.cs
+++ b/src/MsWordDiff/Word.cs
@@ -72,11 +72,10 @@ static dynamic LaunchCompare(dynamic word, dynamic doc1, dynamic doc2)
             RevisedAuthor: "",
             IgnoreAllComparisonWarnings: true);
 
-        doc1.Close(SaveChanges: false);
-        doc2.Close(SaveChanges: false);
-
         // Mark as saved so Word won't prompt to save on close
         compare.Saved = true;
+        doc1.Saved = true;
+        doc2.Saved = true;
 
         compare.AutoSaveOn = false;
         compare.ShowSpellingErrors = false;

From 7583f0672fd61b75e5763739532a560a616a2a96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Cropp <simon.cropp@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:21:45 +1100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update Directory.Build.props

---
 src/Directory.Build.props | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Directory.Build.props b/src/Directory.Build.props
index 36aa7ac..ee9d866 100644
--- a/src/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <Version>0.3.0</Version>
+    <Version>0.3.1</Version>
     <PackageTags>Word, Diff, Compare</PackageTags>
     <Description>A .NET tool that compares two Word documents side by side using Microsoft Word's built-in document comparison feature.</Description>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>