Serial number etc.

[~~~AAA~~~]

Is there some way I can tell if a MS Word document on another's computer
is simply a copy of one that I created on my computer. I am using MS
Word from Office XP.

 

[Bill Foley]

You can open it up, click "File", "Properties" then click the "General",
"Summary", and "Statistics" TABS to get some of the info you are wanting.

 

[Tom Smith]

Somebody check on me here, but I think you can do this with more precision
by using Tools|Compare and Merge|Legal Blackline. This should create a new
document showing any differences between the two you wish to compare. TomS

 

[~~~AAA~~~]

Thanks for the Compare suggestion, which did work. However, I need to
verify if the second document is a duplicate of the first, not simply
that someone just opened a new document and retyped everything. I
remember in earlier versions of Word there were some hidden features
that attached a serial number or some other trace information to each
document created. I need to be able to see if the same
trace/serial/identifier information is on the original as well as the
second.

 

[Tom Smith]

Ah. Now I get the serial number caption. That I don't know anything about.
sorry T