You can limit the comparison to a portion of the documents by entering the page numbers in the First and Last page fields under each filename. Under Document Description , select the type of documents that you are comparing. To ignore differences between the graphic elements, select Compare Text Only. Click OK. The first page summarizes the file comparison results. Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy. You can limit the comparison to a portion of the documents by entering the page numbers in the Old File and New File fields.
Select Autodetect to let Acrobat decide. Reports, Spreadsheets, Magazine Layouts : Compares the content as one continuous text body, from end to end. Presentation Decks : Looks at each slide or page as a mini-document, and matches ones that are similar.
Then compares the content of each matching document. Identifies documents that have moved, such as slides in a presentation. Scanned Documents, drawing or illustrations: Creates an image capture of each scanned page and compares pixels.
Looks at each scanned page and matches ones that are similar. It also identifies pages that are in a different order.
This option is useful for comparing images or architectural drawings. Tip : If your document content can reflow across pages, select Reports, spreadsheets, magazines layouts; otherwise select Presentation Decks.
For comparing scanned files, select Scanned documents, drawings or illustrations. With either the reports or presentation options selected, the Compare Text Only option identifies only the text differences between two documents. With Scanned Documents selected, the text is compared separately from the graphics, and then the results are combined.
In documents containing magazine advertisements that have text on top of background image art, a reflowed passage is compared in text-only mode. The artwork is compared separately in the background. The differences both text and line art and images are combined into a single results document.
Show in Report , select the elements of the documents for which you want to see the differences in the compare report. Note : The text option can be used with any document type. It is designed for comparing text in large documents pages or more. It also compares text between documents that have background artwork on each page, which slows processing.
Click Compare. Select how you want to review the differences. The old file is displayed on the left and the new file is displayed on the right, with the changes highlighted in each band connecting across the files for easier review. Click a band to display a pop-up note detailing all of the changes within the band. You can also click the highlighted content to open the pop-up. Right-click a change or its pop-up and set an appropriate status for the change.
To review all the changes:. Use the Filter and Show options. Use the right pane. Click the triangle at the center of the right Acrobat window to open the right pane. This pane lists all the changes visible in the Compare Results report.
The idea is to have the documents appear together on your screen so you can easily compare them for various differences in text, alignment, images, and other content. Once both documents are in clear view, you can compare the pages by scrolling the same distance on each of the files in order to align similar content to be visible inside their respective windows.
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