Word – Microsoft Word 2007 diff

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Does Word 2007 come with diff functionality?

If not, what's the easiest way of creating a patch file between two documents showing the changes I have made?

On the Review tab, there's an option to compare documents and merge them into one:

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In the registry, try to rename the:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Data

key to OldData. When you restart Word, a new Data key will be written. This might help.

The constant appearance of tracking information when you open a document is a pain.

It happens because once tracking is turned on in a document you cant turn it off - you can only accept the changes but they are still there

The easiest way is to copy the whole text to a brand new Word document and then save it as a new file.