There are many document compare tools that claim to be the fastest, the most accurate, and the easiest to use. Actually, the speed of comparison is never an issue unless you are designing a high performance system. As for accuracy, any software will highlight all the differences for you, the questions are if it is easy to:
That’s where the real difference between compare tools is.
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Compare documents to find differences regardless of the format: MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, PDF.
Compare two local or remote folders to find and synchronize any changes made.
Use the keywords comparison to analyze non-related documents created from different formats.
Archive comparison: compare Rar and Zip archive files without unpacking / unzipping.
Compare web pages as code with HTML tags or as text as seen in a web browser.
Compare two images of various formats to find all possible differences, even slight ones.
Multimedia comparison. Compare information from multimedia and graphic formats.
Ignore words. Compare Suite can ignore certain keywords or strings during comparison.
DMS Integration. Easily integrate Compare Suite into 3rd party document management systems.
Syntax highlighting for .pas, .asm., cpp, PHP, XML, bat, css, dpk, xsl files supported.
Compare files located on FTP as easily as on hard drives or local area networks.
Use command line to automate comparisons and integrate it with 3rd party tools.
UNICODE is fully supported: open and compare documents in any language or encoding.
Review compared documents:
Create a fully customizable comparison report on two files or folders.
Write your own comments on changes you or your colleagues make, improving collaboration.
Use document audit to accept or decline changes made in plain text files.
