Compare Suite – Introduction

August 28th, 2010

Compare Suite is a feature-rich tool for comparing and auditing files and folders in all the most popular file formats.

Compare Suite is Versatile.

What can you do with it?

  • Check your documents.  Compare Suite works with all of the most popular document formats: Microsoft Word, Rich Text Format (RTF), Adobe PDF, Open Office, HTML files, even Powerpoint presentations.
  • Evaluate your spreadsheets.  Compare Suite works with files in Microsoft Excel and Comma-Separated-Value (CSV) formats.  It shows you which cells and rows are the same, which are different, and it calculates the difference.  If the value of a cell is 54 in one spreadsheet and 75 in another, Compare Suite will highlight that cell and show you the difference: 21.  If the cell shows two different dates, Compare Suite will calculate the difference in days.  It can even show the percentage growth from one spreadsheet to the other.
  • Review and approve changes in your software development projects.  Compare Suite supports syntax highlighting in major programming languages, including C++, Java, PHP, Pascal, and more.  You can even compare your binary files.
  • Inspect your images and multimedia files.  Compare Suite can compare two images, pixel by pixel, and show you every difference.  It can even compare the details stored in your files’ information tags.
  • Compare whole folders at once.  Just choose any two folders, and Compare Suite can run a full analysis of all of the files in both folders.  If you like, you can synchronize your folders, confident that every file will match the original precisely.
  • Analyze your archives.  Compare Suite can work with documents, spreadsheets, and other files compressed inside your ZIP files and RAR archives, as well.

Compare Suite is Flexible.

Once you’ve chosen your files, you can also choose how to compare them.

  • Compare “by Keywords” to find similarities between unrelated documents.
  • Compare drafts of the same document “word by word.”
  • Or, compare “character by character”—perfect for software developers!

Compare Suite can also tell you the number of words in your documents, the number of changes between them, and more.  Set up a list of your interests, and Compare Suite will watch for these personal keywords in every document, drawing your attention straight to the information you’re most likely to want.

When you’re done, Compare Suite can generate an HTML report you can share with your team.  Choose a basic report that just contains the changes you found; or, choose an advanced report with all the details, including the original source documents.

You can even integrate Compare Suite with your favorite third-party tools, including Document Management and Version Control systems, using our simple command-line interface.

Compare Suite is Powerful.

All of these features are built in to the Standard edition of Compare Suite.

Compare Suite PRO includes all of these same features, plus even better support for teamwork and collaboration.

  • Comment on the changes you found.  This way, you can provide feedback to the author of the document, or help your colleagues to understand the modifications you’ve made.
  • Ignore certain words or lines of text during comparison.  For example, you can tell Compare Suite Pro not to consider the date stamp at the bottom of your document.
  • Save your results as a separate file.  Then, you or your colleagues can refer back to those results later to better understand ongoing changes in your documents.
  • Analyze remote files.  Compare Suite Pro allows you to compare files and folders on your computer, to material on another computer on your network, or even to data on your company’s FTP server.

Compare Suite is Affordable.

Many software developers, quality engineers, translators, copywriters, legal specialists, and other business professionals already recognize Compare Suite as a must-have tool for comparing and merging files and folders.

Now, you can try all of our features for yourself, absolutely free.

Just download the free trial, and use all the features of Compare Suite, absolutely free, for your first thirty days.  After that, you can upgrade to Compare Suite Standard or Compare Suite PRO.  Or, you can just keep using the basic features in our freeware edition, Compare Suite Light, for as long as you like.

To get started, just go to www.CompareSuite.com.

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Software localization professional use Compare Suite to validate translations

August 19th, 2010

Business professional: Chris Ling, Localization Support Services, Germany.

Compare Suite helps software localizers:

I use the Compare Suite to compare translated and untranslated files to validate the translations and to check for completeness.

Compare Suite as multiple feature tool:

Compare Suite simplifies all comparison tasks. With one tool I can handle multiple file formats. So there is no need anymore to use several different tools for plain text or image files. I like the command line support which allows me to automate tasks. Another essential feature for me is Unicode Support and capability to deal with ZIP archives.

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Software developers use Compare Suite for comparison files converted to various formats

August 4th, 2010

Business professional: Scott Breyman, Decagon Devices, Inc., Pullman, WA.

Compare Suite helps software developers:

The software we develop use several methods to convert instrument data to various file formats.
I use Compare Suite to compare the output files from the various methods.

Compare Suite as helpful and useful tool:

I have found Compare Suite to be a powerful and easy to use tool.  It has a great many features that make it easy to use and help me to accomplish my tasks quickly and easily.
The results window uses different colors to help me identify the differences and the magnitude of the differences.
I find the comparison methods very useful when I have to compare the raw data files.

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Compare Suite as Reviewing Project Documentation Revision Tool

August 3rd, 2010

Business professional: Colin Simpson, Project Communications Engineer, CRE Comms Kings Cross Package 6

Compare Suite for personal use:

I first purchased Compare Suite for my personal use to review revisions of my own documents, but when I was transferred to our London office, my work documentation was 100’s of times more than my personal ones.
Compare Suite as instrument for work:
I advised my company that Compare Suite was the product I needed to do my job. I use it every day and it saves me hours of work. I wouldn’t be without it.
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Safety professional use Compare Suite to check for and identify minor changes

August 2nd, 2010

Business professional: Stuart Blenard: J & S Blenard Associates, Faversham, Kent. UK.

Compare Suite helps to identify changes:
Required to write Procedures and Process Documents which go between myself and Clients as Drafts, difficult to check for minor changes and alterations, so use Compare Suite to identify those changes, makes the work quicker and more creative.
Easy way to compare files and folders:
Compare Suite has made life a lot easier and enabled me to keep on top of changes through being able to compare files and folders. Also means I am less likely to provide Clients with the wrong version of files-embarrassing to say the least as well as unprofessional.
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Compare Suite Light – freeware file and folder comparison software

May 27th, 2010

Comparison of files and folders can sometimes be a daunting task especially if it concerns huge volumes of information, files, documents etc.  Modern business accepts no excuses.  All business operations need to be performed without any delays.  As most information is stored in our computers sometimes we face the problem of data comparison.  These may be different business documents, legal contracts and agreements, programmer files, source codes of programming languages, various financial documents and even web pages.

Freeware file and folder comparison software

Freeware file and folder comparison software

Manual comparison proved to be quite ineffective and time consuming.  Besides, mistakes in certain documents may cause serious problems for a business or operational process.  That’s why use of special automated file compare solutions is highly recommended both for amateur and advanced PC users.

AKS-LABS offers its file compare utility called Compare Suite Light.  The program is specifically designed in such a way so that it satisfies needs of both average users and IT specialists, web masters, web designers etc.

From now on the free version of program is available for download.  The number and the quality of features/functions of free Compare Suite Light version will certainly meet requirements of people who work with huge volumes of information every day, like office clerks, secretaries, document officers, lawyers.

Now, let’s review basic features of Compare Suite Light free version to make potential users familiar with this simple but effective program.

  1. Compare Suite Light can contrast files and folders.  In order to contrast files you need to make sure they are in plain text format. Folder comparison is especially helpful for team workers who often have to update directories with the files of projects they are working on.  It is not very wise to replace all files in the folder in order to update it.  With the help of Compare Suite Light it is possible to reveal new, deleted and amended files.  Thus, a user will know for sure which files he or she needs to add or remove.
  2. Command line support and context menu integration.  In our days, software should not be only effective and easy to use, but also well integrated into the operation system.  Compare Suite Light developers took this into account by offering command line support in the program.  Thus, it is possible to create cmd and bat files to automatically start Compare Suite Light with certain settings and adjustments.  Context menu integration can also save time for users who can run Compare Suite Light from the right click mouse menu.
  3. Compare Suite Light has three comparison methods: char by char, word by word and comparison by key word.  Do not attempt to compare these methods and decide which one is better!  Each method is good in its own way and everything depends on kind of texts the user wants to compare.  So, if compared documents are pretty much the same, the first two methods would be a good choice, while comparison by keywords would work for the documents without a common ancestor document.
  4. Attractive design and easy to use interface are major advantages of Compare Suite Light.  Here, users will find info panel with basic information on the compared files.  It is also possible to check similarity degree, number of new, added or deleted words/lines, statistic information (number of words and charts) and some other info.  The interface view is adjustable and users of free to rotate and switch panels according to their preferences.  Differences and similarities between the documents are marked with colors which can be adjusted as well.
  5. Unicode support.  If users want to compare documents written in rare languages containing special and unusual symbols, there is no problem with that in Compare Suite Light.  Unicode support makes it possible to correctly open such files and compare them just as documents written in plain English.
  6. Compare Suite Light can be used as a text editor.  Search and replace functions work in the same way as they do in most popular text editors and office programs.
  7. Compare Suite Light can contrast information from multimedia and picture files like frequency, bit rate, number of channels, bits per color, compression quality, file size etc.
  8. Comparison results can be saved in a standard HTML report which contains statistic information on the compared files, differences and similarities, file size and date etc.

Use of Compare Suite Light is recommended for specialists overloaded with information.  This program is sure to save time and make file comparison enjoyable and effective.

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File compare tool for OEM integration

May 13th, 2010

We are happy to provide our Compare Suite as a possible tool for OEM integration with Document Management systems, Version Control systems, Configuration Management systems.

The basic integration is possible using command line and our integration manager will help to do this.

If you are interested, please contact us directly.

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3rd party compare for SCM, configuration management and version control (VC)

May 13th, 2010

Compare Suite can be a 3rd party compare and merge tool with Version Control (VC), Configuration Management (SCM) and Document Management (DMS).

  • We made it easy to integrate Compare Suite with other business systems using Integration Manager.
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File Compare Tool helps to compare documents and find differences

May 7th, 2010

Compare Suite from AKS-LABS is such software. This program is very popular among users working in different business areas. One of the greatest advantages of Compare Suite is simplicity and efficiency. Files are compared almost instantly, changes and differences are marked with different colors so that users can easily see them. And of course Compare Suite is known for and wide range of special features which make comparison process fast, effective and even enjoyable.

File Compare Tool helps to compare documents and find differences.

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Word Diff Software Tool – find difference in MS Word files

May 7th, 2010

3.      There are three comparison methods in Compare Suite: char by char, word by word and comparison by key word.  These methods were specifically designed for different kinds of texts having different similarity degree. 4.      Syntax highlighting feature will be certainly appreciated by programmers and web designers.  Compare Suite can recognize different codes of different programming languages, such as C++, HTML, XML, C# and a number of others.

Learn more about how to use Word diff software tool.

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