Re: I hate the ribbon -- bring the menus back!

A Shadow Copy in Vista isn't quite the same as the Versions feature. A
Shadow Copy is more of a backup utility and Word Versions are all stored in
the same file, which was the primary issue and cause of corruption. A Shadow
Copy creates copies of the file which, like on SharePoint, is a bit
different.

Another reason they removed the feature is it was seldom used according to
the data they collected from those who opted into the Customer Experience
Improvement Program for Office 2003. So you have a flawed feature, one
that's seldom used, and two other possible "replacements" for it (SharePoint
and Vista). I guess I can see why they dropped it.

Now, whether Shadow Copy works as designed is another discussion entirely.
;-)

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"Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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no one said anything about a file bloat...lol i know that it can make the
files a lot larger if not used right, like if you are using pictures and
stuff. other than that, the text will just increase the size of the file
little by little with each passing version.i just wish they continued the
feature, but improved it at the same time.

i used the feature all the time, from when i purchased the program in
about 2003 all the way untill 2007 when i got office 2007 and i saw that
hey sadly removed the feature. i still have office 2003 on one of my
notebooks. after a few days of have office 20007 i took all of my (.doc)
files that had versions on them and converted them so that they would not
have versions on them anymore, but i still left them in (.doc) format.

i have one question. if the thing is flawed then why did they take it out
of office and put it into vista? it went from "versions" in office 2003 to
"shadow copy" in vista. its the same consept. the odd thing was the the
word system was setup better in some ways even though that some say it was
unstable. i never ran into any issues with "versions" and the "shadow
copy" thing in vista does not seem to work for me. its over rated and
needs to be redesigned a bit.

"Beth Melton" <bmelton@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Unfortunately the Versions feature in previous versions of Word is a
known cause for document corruption and file bloat. If you never
encountered this issue then consider yourself lucky. :-)

They do have a replacement, sort of, if you use SharePoint you can use
the Version History to view and compare versions:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/HA101488601033.aspx

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Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out:
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/9801.aspx#AboutTheBook

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
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"Steven Wabik" <Stevenw45@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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another thing i dislike is hoe the removed the "versions" feature. that
feature was very usefull in word 2003. and there seems to be nothing to
replace it.






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