Hi. I am super brand new to VBA coding and I wish I understood any of it, but I don't. I have been researching how to do this forever, but I never find exactly what I need or want. I am an editor and as part of my job I need to provide feedback showing changes I made. In the past, before I learned about macros, I would download a job off of a software platform that uses Microsoft word, and before I make a single change, I would copy the entire document into a blank word document, save that file as "pre." Then, I would edit the document and before I upload it, I copy the entire document again into a new document called "post" and then merge "pre" with "post" and name that as a file name that comes from properties. This is so time consuming and cutting and pasting is something I don't like doing because I am always afraid I would make a mistake and paste the wrong text in the work I am uploading.
I am using word 2002 and my computer has Windows XP Home on it.
So, I want to write a macro to do this for me automatically. I am able to make part of it work, but I get stuck on the merge part.
I had done it with 3 macros actually. The 1st one copies, opens new document, pastes and saves as "pre." The 2nd one copies, opens new document, pastes and saves as "post." Is there a more automated way to do this?
I need help with the one that will take the "pre" and merge and compare it with the "post" and then name the merge and compare document as file name and location. The file name comes form the properties and is called "DictationName."
Is this possible? I have a way I am doing it now by using track changes, but the problem is with voice recognition, all changes show (and they all show in same colors), even the prior ones that were made on another person's machine, and it makes it way too confusing for the person receiving the feedback to understand what I changed. I have tried hiding other reviewer's changes, but it is not consistent and some changes don't hide. I have tried so many things and the feedback is just very confusing. This procedure works great when the file is not a voice recognition file and then only my changes show, which is what I need it to do.
Any help would be greatly appreciated and thank you for reading.