Microsoft KB Archive/331576

= WD2002: Legal Blackline Policy Is Not Enforced =

Article ID: 331576

Article Last Modified on 9/27/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q331576



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256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry





SYMPTOMS
The Legal blackline option is used to compare two documents and lists only what has changed between the two documents. The Microsoft Office Resource Kit provides a policy template for Word 2002, Word10.adm, that includes a policy to force the Legal blackline option. When the policy is enabled, Word 2002 does not set the option to ON.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because Word 2002 does not follow the policy because the Word10.adm template was not authored correctly. The Word10.adm template writes the value as a String instead of a DWORD value.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem and apply this setting as you want, Word requires a change in the Word10.adm template. At the end of the Miscellaneous category, you find the following: POLICY &quot;Tools | Compare and Merge Documents, Legal blackline&quot; KEYNAME Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Options\vpref PART &quot;Check to enforce setting on; uncheck to enforce setting off&quot; CHECKBOX VALUENAME fDefaultToCompare_1848_1 VALUEON 1 VALUEOFF 0 END PART Change the template to the following: POLICY &quot;Tools | Compare and Merge Documents, Legal blackline&quot; KEYNAME Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Options\vpref PART &quot;Check to enforce setting on; uncheck to enforce setting off&quot; CHECKBOX VALUENAME fDefaultToCompare_1848_1 VALUEON NUMERIC 1 VALUEOFF NUMERIC 0 END PART Or, if you do not want to change the template, you can add the key manually to the Windows Registry. To do this, follow these steps.

WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.  Click Start, and then click Run. Type regedit, and then click OK.

Locate to the following registry key: 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Options\vpref

 On the Edit menu, click New, then click DWORD value. In the keyname, type: fDefaultToCompare_1848_1 .</li> Double-click the new value, change the setting to 1, and then click OK.</li></ol>

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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