How to merge comments and changes from multiple Word documents?
If you send an original document to others for review, the comments and changes in the returned files may vary. To easily distinguish the differences among the reviewed documents, you may want to merge the comments and changes from multiple documents into one. Here's how to do it.
Merge comments and changes from multiple documents in Word
Merge comments and changes from multiple documents in Word
- Open a Word document, and click "Review" > "Compare" > "Combine".
- In the "Combine Documents" dialog box:
- Click the "Browse" button
next to the "Original document" box, select the original document you want to merge, then click "Open".
- Click the "Browse" button
next to the "Revised document" box, select the revised document, then click "Open".
- Click the "Browse" button
- In the "Combine Documents" dialog box, click the "More" button to expand additional options.
- In the expanded options:
- Check the "Comments" option in the "Comparison settings" section.
- Check the "Original document" option in the "Show changes in" section.
- Click the "OK" button.
- When the Microsoft Word dialog pops up, click the "Continue with Merge" button.
- Now the original document will be combined with the revised document. Youโll see:
- The main changes and comments in the left pane.
- The combined document in the center.
- The original and revised documents in the right pane (top and bottom respectively).
- Repeat the above steps to combine all reviewed documents.
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