How to Merge Comments in Word Documents

Microsoft Word 2003
1. Launch Microsoft Word. Open the document you want to use to receive comments into from the other documents.
2. Click 'Tools' from the main toolbar. From the drop-down menu, click 'Compare and Merge Documents.'
3. Click the first document to be merged.
4. Click the arrow next to 'Merge' and then click 'Merge into current document.'
5. Save the original document with the newly merged comments.
6. To add comments from more than one document, repeat steps 2 through 5.
Microsoft Word 2007
7. Launch Microsoft Word.
8. Click 'Review' in the main toolbar, then click 'Compare.' From the drop-down menu click 'Combine.' A dialogue box will appear.
9. Browse to locate the original document. This is the document you will use to include all other comments. Select the document and click 'Open.'
10. Browse to locate the Revised document. This is the document from which you will take the comments and merge them into the original document. Select the document and click 'Open.'
11. Click 'More' to see options for comparison settings and showing changes. Make sure that 'Comments' is checked under comparison settings and that 'Original Document' is selected under 'Show changes in.' Click 'OK.' Repeat to add more documents.