Microsoft KB Archive/313616

= WD2002: Whole Paragraph Incorrectly Marked As Modified =

Article ID: 313616

Article Last Modified on 9/26/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q313616



SYMPTOMS
If you open a document has minor changes, whole paragraphs may be marked as modified, although only a word or two is modified.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because a paragraph mark was inserted or deleted immediately before or after the paragraph that was incorrectly marked as modified. After this occurs, you cannot correct the marked paragraph.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

307841 OFFXP: How to Obtain the Latest Office XP Service Pack

After you install the latest service Pack, add the following registry key if the registry key does not already exist:

KEY: \Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Options

DWORD VALUE: UseAlternateDocumentCompareMethodForEOP

SETTING: 1

To do this:

 Close all programs that are open. Click Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK. Select the following registry key:

 \Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Options

 Click Edit, click New, and then click DWORD Value. Type UseAlternateDocumentCompareMethodForEOP, and then press ENTER.</li> Double-click UseAlternateDocumentCompareMethodForEOP.</li> In the Value box, type 1, and then click OK.</li> On the Registry menu, click Exit.</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. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 2 (SP-2).

Additional query words: Track Changes Strike Through stikethrough delete deleted modified modify Compare Documents paragraph Merge Compare

Keywords: kbqfe kbprb kbofficexpsp2fix kbhotfixserver KB313616

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