On 15 June 2010 00:55, NoOp <gl...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > On 06/14/2010 01:16 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: > ... >> No need to keep googling, Gary, I can take it from here! Though my >> skills must be weak, I did not find that bug report. Do you remember >> on what terms you searched? This is far from the first time that >> you've found the things that I should have found myself! >> > > I honestly can't recall; I _think_ I was searching (OOo search) on > 'versioning +word or +doc'. > > Versioning in Word97 is the same menu structure: File|Versions. The > change tracking is carried over between the documents, but the > 'versions' are not. In OOo Help: versions;file saving as, restriction > there is an ! warning which states: > > <quote> > Versions > Saves and organizes multiple versions of the current document in the > same file. You can also open, delete, and compare previous versions. > > To access this command... > Choose File - Versions > > If you save a copy of a file that contains version information (by > choosing File - Save As), the version information is not saved with the > file. > </quote> > > I just tested the same in Word97; if I use File|SaveAs the 'Versions' > option is available on the SaveAs dialog, as long as I don't change from > the .doc format. However, if I use File|SaveAs and save the document as > a WordPerfect (.wps) document, the File|Versions is greyed out just as > it is in OOo. So, apparently MS Word (at least Word97) also does not > support versioning with non-native document formats. I can test in > Word2K and Word2007 later. > > BTW: This might be of interest: > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Track_changes >
Thanks, Gary. The issue was not a deal breaker and we have yet another lab (well, half a lab) on Open Office! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
