Compare pdf documents for changes

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File protection is active. Second file. Mode Textual Visual. Comparing files and generating result By using this function, you accept our terms of service. Here's how it works Select the two files you want to compare and start the comparison. Exact matches are highlighted. You can compare two similar PDF documents such as two versions or revisions of a document to determine differences between them or to verify if approved changes have actually been made.

The comparison result is displayed in a temporary file that you can save if required. Tip You may want to compare specific parts of documents only. See Split a document for detailed steps. Note For a visual comparison, specific attributes such as notes, highlights, markups, watermarks, signatures, etc. Thorough slower comparison with a higher number of smaller areas. First, a summary page is displayed that contains the type of comparison Visual or Text , the names of the older and newer documents, and either a message saying that both documents are identical, or the summarized comparison results as follows:.

For documents that were not found identical, the summary page is followed by pages of both documents next to each other with markups showing differences such as strikethrough for deleted words, underline for added words, boxes for matching words, clouds for differing graphics, etc. It quickly shows you any discrepanices in the content and indicates the respective line numbers. This saves you a lot of time compared to going through both files manually. How to compare PDFs Choose or drop the two PDFs that you would like to compare Click on 'Compare' in the lower center After a few seconds the differences of the two files will be displayed Select the view type to compare the files side by side or inline.

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