Short Version:
I use the MS Word “Compare Documents” feature from time to time. It’s a great feature except it often seems overly difficult to choose which files to compare.
It would help immensely if I could periodically clear out the list of files shown in the drop down. (see screenshot … doc titles blurred in the screenshot) That way I don’t have to scroll through tons of document titles to get to the right one.
I noticed that uninstalling office 2007 and installing office 2013 cleared this document list, but this is a work computer so I can’t just reinstall office every time this list gets too long.
Details for Detail Lovers:
I use the MS Word “Compare Documents” feature from time to time. It’s a great feature except it often seems overly difficult to choose which files to compare.
Here’s my use case: I’m using StarTeam. I use MS Word “Compare Documents” whenever I discover my local copy of a document is out of synch with the server copy (it has changes that I made to a server version that is no longer the latest server version).
Because of this use case I end up with a local MS Word Doc “doc_title_that_doesnt_need_to_be_this_long.docx” and the server copy “doc_title_that_doesnt_need_to_be_this_long_Revision_1_35_123490871230497123094712093471293479.docx” as a file in a temporary files folder somewhere on my hard drive. I don’t want to have to browse to that mystical temporary files folder, so I rely on the drop down (doc titles blurred in the screenshot) to present me with the correct file.