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Any free tool to compare .doc or .docx (ms word files)?

Posted: 08.12.2012, 15:02
by vsrawat
The two tools mentioned for fc (winmerge and aptdiff) seem to compare plain text files only.

Any free tool that would compare MS Word 2010 doc or docx files?

Thanks.
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Re: Any free tool to compare .doc or .docx (ms word files)?

Posted: 16.01.2013, 10:54
by Rob Pomeroy
Word has this feature built in. Look for "Compare" under the Review tab/menu.

For more info, read >here<.

Re: Any free tool to compare .doc or .docx (ms word files)?

Posted: 16.01.2013, 11:58
by vsrawat
excellent Tip, Rob.

I was not aware of that. Shall try that feature next time when I have something to compare.
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I guess the 2-3 tools given on this site are not Unicode compatible, so the separate each code and then compare. That is not useful.

Thanks.

Re: Any free tool to compare .doc or .docx (ms word files)?

Posted: 17.01.2013, 17:35
by Scott_Y
You can also try the free CS Diff http://www.componentsoftware.com/produc ... /index.htm
I use it for comparing .doc files, but I've never tried it for .docx.

Re: Any free tool to compare .doc or .docx (ms word files)?

Posted: 17.01.2013, 21:35
by vsrawat
thanks for the tip. Downloaded and installed it. Shall see its working on Unicode files.

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Rawat