On Mon, 25 May 2015 00:13:08 -0600, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 5/24/15 2:03 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 09:48:07 -0600, Ken Springer
wrote:

When I wrote the comment, I was thinking of a situation where a group of
people are collaborating on a project, and need to create a report,
plan, drawings, something as a group, not as individuals.

Only one person should have control of the document creation. You
preferably or someone writes the original. Create a PDF from the
original, and send it to the other members individually. They should be
instructed to use the annotation feature to send feedback of what they
would like to see changed. *NO* editing of the original text. That
leaves you with the original text to compare with the changes that
individual wants.

You realize, of course, that when you send a document to someone to solicit
their input, you're generally sending a "copy". Most people wouldn't work on
a document, send a copy to a colleague, delete their local copy, and then
hope for the best. ;-)

G Yep. What would usually happen for me was someone would delete the
original text and simply insert their text, leaving me with nothing to
compare.

You always have the original document, so you can use that for comparisons
if someone forgets to use Track Changes. I'm not sure when Word gained the
Compare feature. I didn't use that feature often, so to me it seems like
it's always been there.