_Application.MergeDocuments Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word

Assembly:: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.dll

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Compares two documents and returns a _Document object that represents the document that contains the differences between the two documents, marked using tracked changes.

public Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document MergeDocuments (Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document OriginalDocument, Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document RevisedDocument, Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdCompareDestination Destination = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdCompareDestination.wdCompareDestinationNew, Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdGranularity Granularity = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdGranularity.wdGranularityWordLevel, bool CompareFormatting = false, bool CompareCaseChanges = false, bool CompareWhitespace = false, bool CompareTables = false, bool CompareHeaders = false, bool CompareFootnotes = false, bool CompareTextboxes = false, bool CompareFields = false, bool CompareComments = false, bool CompareMoves = false, string OriginalAuthor = "", string RevisedAuthor = "", Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdMergeFormatFrom FormatFrom = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdMergeFormatFrom.wdMergeFormatFromPrompt);

abstract member MergeDocuments : Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document * Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document * Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdCompareDestination * Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdGranularity * bool * bool * bool * bool * bool * bool * bool * bool * bool * bool * string * string * Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdMergeFormatFrom -> Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document

Public Function MergeDocuments (OriginalDocument As Document, RevisedDocument As Document, Optional Destination As WdCompareDestination = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdCompareDestination.wdCompareDestinationNew, Optional Granularity As WdGranularity = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdGranularity.wdGranularityWordLevel, Optional CompareFormatting As Boolean = false, Optional CompareCaseChanges As Boolean = false, Optional CompareWhitespace As Boolean = false, Optional CompareTables As Boolean = false, Optional CompareHeaders As Boolean = false, Optional CompareFootnotes As Boolean = false, Optional CompareTextboxes As Boolean = false, Optional CompareFields As Boolean = false, Optional CompareComments As Boolean = false, Optional CompareMoves As Boolean = false, Optional OriginalAuthor As String = "", Optional RevisedAuthor As String = "", Optional FormatFrom As WdMergeFormatFrom = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdMergeFormatFrom.wdMergeFormatFromPrompt) As Document

Parameters

OriginalDocument: Document

Specifies the path and file name of the original document.

RevisedDocument: Document

Specifies the path and file name of the revised document to which to compare the original document.

Destination: WdCompareDestination

Specifies whether to create a new file or whether to mark the differences between the two documents in the original document or in the revised document. Default value is wdCompareDestinationNew.

Granularity: WdGranularity

Specifies whether changes are tracked by character or by word. Default value is wdGranularityWordLevel.

CompareFormatting: Boolean

Specifies whether to mark differences in formatting between the two documents. Default value is True.

CompareCaseChanges: Boolean

Specifies whether to mark differences in case between the two documents. Default value is True.

CompareWhitespace: Boolean

Specifies whether to mark differences in white space, such as paragraphs or spaces, between the two documents. Default value is True.

CompareTables: Boolean

Specifies whether to compare the differences in data contained in tables between the two documents. Default value is True.

CompareHeaders: Boolean

Specifies whether to compare differences in headers and footers between the two documents. Default value is True.

CompareFootnotes: Boolean

Specifies whether to compare differences in footnotes and endnotes between the two documents. Default value is True.

CompareTextboxes: Boolean

Specifies whether to compare differences in the data contained within text boxes between the two documents. Default value is True.

CompareFields: Boolean

Specifies whether to compare differences in fields between the two documents. Default value is True.

CompareComments: Boolean

Specifies whether to compare differences in comments between the two documents. Default value is True.

CompareMoves: Boolean

Specifies the name of the author of the original document.

OriginalAuthor: String

Specifies the name of the person to use for unattributed changes after merging two documents.

RevisedAuthor: String

Specifies the document from which to retain formatting.

FormatFrom: WdMergeFormatFrom

Specifies the document from which to retain formatting.

Returns

Document

_Document

Applies to