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Words ignore in “By keywords” comparison makes work of Compare Suite more efficient

Comparison of files and folders is a necessity in the modern age of information. The problem is that there is so much information used in business and personal life that our computers usually lack space to store all the files. Many new files and documents are reviewed or amended versions of the old ones. In order to find mistakes in the new file versions it is necessary to compare two files.

Please, pay your attention to Compare Suite solution from AKS-LABS. This program makes the entire comparison process effective and convenient. With Compare Suite you will have no problems with file and folder comparison. This file compare utility has numerous features and comparison modes which will be helpful for a wide range of professionals.

As to comparison modes, Compare Suite has three of them: char by char, word by word comparison, and comparison by keywords. Each comparison method has its advantages, depending on your goals, requirements and files/documents to be compared.

Comparison char by char will be extremely helpful for those users who want to track even the slightest changes in the word morphology. Thus, if it matters for you that the word “compare” was changed to “comparing” then char by char comparison method is just exactly what you need.

Use word ignore function in Compare Suite

Use word ignore function in Compare Suite

Ignore words in "by keyword" comparison method

Ignore words in "by keyword" comparison method

Word by word comparison is used by professionals who are interested in semantic and actually changes in the documents. Thus, Compare Suite will mark not letters but entire words which have been added or amended.

Comparison by keywords implies contrasting two documents which have no common ancestor. Thus, you will have an opportunity to see if the docs have something in common. In a comparison by keyword mode it is possible to make use of ignoring function.

You can ignore certain lines containing certain words, or ignore the words themselves. All you need to do is just to go to Tools-Options-Ignoring and either to upload a list of words to be ignored or type the words in the special box.

Having set word to be ignored they will not be taken into account during comparison process and will not be included to the report statistics. This function can be useful if you know in advance that there are some words (and sentences containing there words) which you are not interested in. For example, if the original document contains the word “comparison” and its amended version says “comparison” (singular) you may ignore this word if it is often used in text in the singular variant.

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