Frequently asked questions

1. Questions about comparing of PDF (Adobe Acrobat) files. More: compare Adobe Acrobat PDF
2. Questions about comparing of MS Office (.doc) files. More: compare Word document
3. Question about Compare MS Office (.xls) files. More: compare Excel document

Folder Comparison:

Compare and find difference between two large folders with binary files.

Common Questions:

How do I compare text?

Comparing text with Compare Suite is an easy way to get information out of two text documents. Using Compare Suite options you can specify the way to compare texts, using text filters allows to compare office files formats. Share you conclusions using comparative report. >>

How comparing documents with different structure?

"... As for MS Word, then it is good for Microsoft Word's documents, but will not do for simple text files or documents with highly different structure. To make comparison more handy we have implemented another feature: you can select text on the left panel and select text on the right panel. Then you can right click and compare that texts (paragraphs)..." >>

How can I apply Compare Suite to web-site monitoring?

Please, read those articles: Competitive intelligence. Monitor competitor's web-site and WebCopier and Compare Suite for competitors' site monitoring

What type of files can work with Compare Suite? 

Compare Suite can compare plain text files, binary, .doc, .xls, .pdf, .htm, .htm; Compare Suite can merge only plain text files.

Compare documents after scan and OCR.

When converting document from scanned image to text with OCR document became badly structured. Compare Suite provides the way to compare badly structured documents, that were scanned and then converted to text. More over with Compare Suite you can convert .pdf file to text with some OCR tool and then compare it with some Word document (.doc). Read more...

Command line doesn't work. 

Try enclosing long paths in quotation marks, and using full path to comparesuite.exe. Also check for extra blanks.

If I can add Compare Suite as an add-on to some other project?

You can run Compare Suite by command line - so it will compare files and generate report automatically.

All the registration procedures fail

Check yourself or ask your system administrator if you have some security program installed that is blocking you from adding information to the registry. 

How to give it a try and how to buy?

Trying. You should download Compare Suite. Click here.

Buying. You should got to ordering page. Click here.