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Document Comparison

Nitro PDF for Mac

Use Document Comparison to find differences between two documents.

Start Document Comparison

1. Open your document.

2. Click View.
Or press Command + K.

3. Select Compare.

The Compare Documents window opens. 

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Select Documents

1. Select the document you want to compare. 

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2. Click Open to confirm the selected document.

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3. Choose the page range.
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4. To change the document, click Change Document.

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Run the Comparison

1. Click Compare to start the comparison.
Or click Cancel to exit.

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The Compare Documents window opens.

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View Comparison Results

  • The Summary Report appears on the left side of the window.

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  • Click By Page to view differences on specific pages.

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  • You can see:
    • Comments
    • Insertions
    • Deletions
    • Replacements

 

Note: Yellow means text replacement, blue means text insertions, and red means text deletions.


Navigate Changes

Use the navigation controls to:

  • Go to a specific page

  • Go to the previous change

  • Go to the next change

 
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Add Text or Comments

  1. Click the Note icon. 

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  1. Click the arrow.

  2. Select AB Text to add text.
    Or select Comment to add a comment.

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Export the Report

Click Export to generate a Summary Report of the document comparison.

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