Office Document Comparison
Compare Suite is a file comparison tool specifically designed for office document comparison. It enables the user to work with different versions of text as well as binary files. Compare Suite provides for a color-coded, side-by-side comparison with highlighting of deleted and modified lines or keywords. Compare Suite allows the user to compare folders containing similar files as well.
Pros:
– Visual comparison of MS Office, PDF, binary files and Zip archives
– Outstanding editing and comparing capabilities for MS Excel files
– Intuitive MS Office-like user interface
– Comparing several projects simultaneously
– Three methods of file comparison (by char, by word, and by keyword)
– Text ignore options, “my interests” words
– Comparison of non-related text files
– Built-in various file conversion tools
– Reviewing and editing files manually
– Easy navigation for folder comparison
– Saving files in different formats
– Comparing text from clipboard
– Three levels of reports: Standard, Full, and Advanced
– Integration in document management system
Cons:
– No support for folder synchronization
– No support for merge functionality
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CSDiff, HTMLDiff and ExcelDiff are comparison software which enable the user to compare source code, HTML/XML, plain text and MS Office files. The software has a single screen comparison interface.
Pros:
– Comparing several projects simultaneously (each project opened in a new window)
– Extensive text navigation capabilities
– Three interface modes: Friendly (rich-text) Format, Diff (GNU DIFF) Format, and Edit Format
– Integration in MS Word
– Text layout, navigation options, and different “whitespace modes”
– Remote server support for FTP, HTTP and HTTPS
– Windows explorer integration
Cons:
– Single screen interface provides for less visual comparison functionality
– No support for folder synchronization
– Insufficient report functionality for the file comparison
– Compared MS Excel files cannot be edited
– Using three comparison tools is somewhat inconvenient; besides, it is much more expensive
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ExamDiff Pro is a visual file and directory comparison software which enables the user to compare plain text, HTML/XML, binary files and source code. ExamDiff Pro provides for two-way, side-by-side comparison. To compare MS Office, PDF and other files, the user has to install and set external conversion plug-ins.
Pros:
– Intuitive, user friendly interface
– Comparing several projects simultaneously
– Three methods of file comparison (by lines, by lines and words, by lines and characters)
– Extensive text navigation capabilities (Search/Go To, bookmarks)
– Extensive drag and drop support (ExamDiff Pro 3.5 Beta)
– Full Unicode support
– All diffs displayed in the drop-down list
– Intuitive Autopick feature (remembering matching pairs) (ExamDiff Pro 3.5 Beta)
– Custom text filters, text ignore options, regular expressions support
– Byte-by-byte comparison (custom block size)
– Reviewing and editing files manually
– Comparing text from clipboard
– Folder comparison and synchronization
– Easy navigation for folder comparison
– Manual synchronization (ExamDiff Pro 3.5 Beta)
– Immediate notification of any changes in the compared folders
– Reports: HTML, plain text and UNIX diff
– Integration in document management system
– Windows explorer integration
Cons:
– No custom reports
– External conversion plug-ins required for MS Office, PDF files and ZIP archives, etc.
– Comparison functionality for MS Word and Excel files is limited
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Pros:
– Visual comparison of MS Office, PDF files and Zip archives
– Intuitive MS Office-like user interface
– Partial Matching (manual alignment)
– Setting minimum comparison unit in char/ per cent
– Text ignore options, regular expressions
– Adaptive comparison
– Reviewing and editing files manually
– Comparing text from clipboard
– Advanced custom reports and statistics
– Automatic file backup
Cons:
– No folder comparison
– MS Excel files are converted to plain text for comparison
– Diverse comparison methods not supported
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Sync Folder is a file and folder comparison software. It has a simple and intuitive user interface and provides all necessary functionality for small and occasional comparison projects.
Pros:
– Simple and straightforward user interface
– Review and edit text in the comparison panels
– FTP server support
– Text merging functionality
– Folder synchronization
Cons:
– No syntax highlighting capabilities
– No “Undo” option; all file operations are applied directly on the hard drive
– Poor file management capabilities
– No “ignore” options support
– No reports functionality
– No support for diverse comparison methods
– No support for binary and MS Office files
