• File Comparison – option for comparison as text documents and also files that have text structure: program source, xml and the latest versions of Microsoft Word and Open Office documents. 
• Folder Comparison – option for comparison packs of files in several directories, merge and synchronize them.
• Image Comparison – is very interesting feature.  There’s a possibility to compare two images with the common ancestor, using three-way comparison interface. EC Merge Pro supports a large number of image formats. Each image is displayed in two or three panels: Original, Diff with Right/Left several comparison algorithms are available (differencing per channel, numerical component difference, attenuating similarities).

EC Merge Pro has two modes available for the work:

• Graphical interface –this is a standard mode that provides all functionality of the program in graphical mode:  user can do all actions as in similar windowed applications.
• Command line interface – in this mode is possibly to make all actions that available in graphical mode in command line from comparison to merging and generating reports.

Report generation is important part of comparison programs. EC Merge Pro has extensive report functionality. The program is able to generate reports as for file and folders as well. Files and folders report can be generated in XML, HTML, Text and CSV format. EC Merge Pro supports third-party converters that allowing to convert PDF and Microsoft Office documents to plain text and extract files from ZIP/RAR archives. At the end of this month a new version of EC Merge Pro will be released. In EC Merge  2.2.102 will be added Microsoft Word DOC converter to compare  directly the text (DOC format 97/2007) as rather interesing and useful feature. Interface of the program is multilingual. 

EC Merge Pro is available in several languages: English, German, French, Spanish and Italian.                  

EC Merge is developed fro the most popular platforms and can be running on Windows, Unix and MacOS systems. 

Evaluate EC Merge (Windows)               

Order EC Merge Pro (Windows) 

   The program is not free. There are two variants to evaluate and check functionality:   

1. You can try demo with limited features for file and folder comparison;  
2. You can get a free serial number for unlimited feature evaluation for one month from help section of EC Merge. 

Full version can be purchased for $60 as single license.  

Version Control Pro from upRedSun is simple version control manager as for documents and for e-mails as well.

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Version Control Pro has complete integration with most of Microsoft Office’s Family products (Office XP, 2000, 2003 and even 2007) include Microsoft Outlook, Project and Visio.  It means that now without any problem you can check required files when you edit documents and check emails from Microsoft Outlook

There’s own repository in the program that contains all modifications that were made in watched files and it can be stored anywhere include removable drives and network, so required changes in documents and emails can be easily shared across your office or any people you want.

It rather hard to keep in mind many information that is not important ex facte but can be very helpful if to be in way and Version Control Pro will be appreciable solution in such case.

Such programs very helful in document management process and can perceptibly speed up workflow.

Version Control Pro is shareware and limitations in trial version are: possibility to create one more repository except default and general files count into those repositories can’t be more than 10 respectively.

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Full version of the program costs on $ 49 and take off all limitations of trial version.

There are several requirements that comparison software must have to satisfy needs of qualityspecialists:     

• Possibility to compare files in different formats – it means if compared files are for example from one side in Word format and from another side in Excel both files should be converted to one mutual format and compared after this.
• Possibility to generate report with sum of differences between files to make easier subsequent analyze; 
• Possibility to compare not only one file but group;
• Possibility to work with directories and compare files within it;
• Possibility to work with compressed files in popular archives;
• Possibility to make fast and easy changes in content of compared files to bring the result in suitable view.

There are some solutions in Internet that contains required features. The best way it’s try and decide what is the most suitable. For example you can read more about solution for Quality control.