WD2002: Legal Blackline Policy Is Not Enforced (331576)

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem and apply this setting as you want, Word requires a change in the Word10.adm template. At the end of the Miscellaneous category, you find the following:

POLICY "Tools | Compare and Merge Documents, Legal blackline"
KEYNAME Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Options\vpref
	PART "Check to enforce setting on; uncheck to enforce setting off" CHECKBOX
	VALUENAME fDefaultToCompare_1848_1
	VALUEON 1
	VALUEOFF 0
	END PART

Change the template to the following:

POLICY "Tools | Compare and Merge Documents, Legal blackline"
KEYNAME Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Options\vpref
	PART "Check to enforce setting on; uncheck to enforce setting off" CHECKBOX
	VALUENAME fDefaultToCompare_1848_1
	VALUEON NUMERIC 1
	VALUEOFF NUMERIC 0
	END PART

Or, if you do not want to change the template, you can add the key manually to the Windows Registry. To do this, follow these steps.

WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. Type regedit, and then click OK.
   
   Locate to the following registry key:

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Options\vpref

3. On the Edit menu, click New, then click DWORD value.
4. In the keyname, type: fDefaultToCompare_1848_1.
5. Double-click the new value, change the setting to 1, and then click OK.