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PowerPoint and Excel "Compare versions" vs. Word "Compare versions"

Updated July 6, 2015

asked on June 29, 2015

I have a client that pointed this out to me and I wanted to see if anyone could help. I've tried internally and also get the same results.

When using Word documents inside of Laserfiche, and changes are made, a new version is created. When a user looks at the list of versions, and selects more than one and chooses to compare, there is a blue "Changed" hyperlink in the list beside 'electronic document' that allows a user to click it and launch the document and displays the changes.

When using PowerPoint or Excel documents inside of Laserfiche, that hyperlink is not there. Instead, it says "changed" but is in black.

Is there something we are missing or does Laserfiche not treat PowerPoint and Excel version changes the same as Word?

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replied on July 2, 2015

The comparison is done using a function embedded in Microsoft Office. Currently that only supports Word and PowerPoint. We could look into extending the PowerPoint comparison to the Laserfiche Office Plugin, but it would be for a future release.

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replied on June 29, 2015

Please refer to this help page which indicates

It can also track changes made to the contents of Microsoft Word documents.

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replied on June 30, 2015

Thanks Alex. Do you know if a future release will include the Office suite with this functionality?

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replied on July 2, 2015

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replied on July 6, 2015

Thanks Alex, my customer looks forward to this functionality in a future release.

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