


2008-current), then the compare document that you save as a new markup document docx) or that were created using different Microsoft versions (1993-2007 vs. If you try to create a compare document from two source documents that are different types (doc vs. (skip to the bottom if you do not want to learn exactly what is causing the issue) If you have similar issues with a file, I would look around the footnotes, maybe clearing them up helps.Ĭhanging to showing “no markup” does work for viewing the markup changes as "accepted" throughout the document in print layout view, but it does not fix the problem for those of us that want to view insertions, changes, and comments in print layout Since attribute value dependent structure cannot be prescribed using the xsd schema, this remains an implementation restriction of Word.

Once every custom mark character was moved right next to the footnoteReference tag, our documents appeared correctly. The problem in our case was that the text containing the custom mark was in a separate text run, like this Where 8 is marker showing in superscript. There were footnotes in the file with custom footnote marks, and it seamed that they are not represented in the format, how Word likes them to.Ĭustom footnote reference characters are represented in the docx file usually as Has anyone got a solution for this.We had a similar issue with some files at our company and I found what was the problem for us. It seems to be a compatibility issue, but we need to find a fix in order to perform our daily job duties.ĭocument “locks up” if the track changes feature is turned on, but most times if the “Use Balloons” feature is selected (in the Change Tracking Options) if “Never” or “Only for Comments/Formatting” is selected, sometimes the document won’t lock up. We know of probably close to 100 people who are having the same issues as described above. How it was originally created, the document will no longer open. docx.ģ) If we try to use "Compatibility Mode" or save the document in a version other than The “locking up” happens a lot more if the document is a. Some of the most common problems we're having includeĭocument “locks up” if the track changes feature is turned on, but most times if the “Use Balloons” feature is selected (in the Change Tracking Options) if “Never” or “Only for Comments/Formatting” is selected, Noticed many issues when using track changes and comments.mostly when we're editing documents that were not created in the same MS Word version (i.e., created in MS Word 2003 or 2007). We, as a company, converted to Office 2010 a few months ago, and since then, we've

My team edits documents using comments and track changes features in MS Word. I'm a technical writer/editor for a company with over 20,000 employees.
