Posts in Category "Document Comparison"

March 20, 2007

Comparing Two PDFs

Note: Acrobat 9 has an updated Document Comparison function which works differently than that of Acrobat 8 and prior. To see a short demo movie of how it works in Acrobat 9, click here.

The other side is strictly maintaining document control for the new agreement you are negotiating. Opposing counsel will only give you a PDF and now there are several revisions.

If you had the original word processing files, you could compare them using a tool like Deltaview or perhaps the built-in tools provided in your word processor program.

But…  you only have PDFs.

You need to find out what has changed.

What to do?

Fortunately, Acrobat Professional can create a side-by-side comparison report and to help you spot any changes.

Deletions are indicated with red strikethrough text:

Additions have blue underlines:

Read on to learn how to easily compare two documents using Acrobat.

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