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chanyc
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Hi,

I am using the PDF XChange Pro. I would like to know to compare two PDF documents.

Thanks!
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Hi chanyc,

Welcome to our forums.

We do not have an automatic document comparison tool for the moment. However, you can open two documents with the Editor and turn on the following option: Main menu -> Window -> Active Document to New Vertical Tab Group. This will show the two documents at the same time and you will be able to compare them manually.

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I join users waiting for the Abbyy Compare Documents killer to come out. Hopefully, when it comes out, there will be a notification about it in this thread, or one of the others created later: "PDF documents comparison" (2018-11-14) https://forum.pdf-xchange.com/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=31748 and "Compare differences/changes between 2 PDF files?" (2021-09-18) https://forum.pdf-xchange.com/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=37358
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Hello Jensen Head,

A comparison feature has been in development for a while now indeed, so you can be sure that we will make an announcement once it is available in a future build.

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Post by guebert »

Stefan,

any additional information about that? Time of release (candidate)? Preview?

FYI: https://draftable.com/compare does it quite well. The only thing I'm missing there is an export of the result-view. It should be exactly like the presentation of the result (WYSIWYG).

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Hello Michael,

The comparison feature is almost ready, and we've actually tested it in some (internal only) release candidate builds.
For the moment I do not have an exact release date, but we would get this new build out as soon as possible!

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I'm pretty curious about this new feature! :-)

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:)
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Please drop a line here, when this feature is released!

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We'll do our best to stay on that request.

It would be prudent to check the Build History when you see a new build, we cannot promise to post this notification here.
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Comparison is here! Version 9.3!

Review menu, Compare Documents
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:)
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Wow! This is probably the greatest enhancement I was looking for in 360. And, on first blush, I don't think I am going to be disappointed.
All best,

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:)
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Hi Support,

Where is "Compare Documents" in "Classic Toolbars" mode ?

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Hello zarkogajic,

Hello Zarko,

It would appear like the button to launch this command is not directly added to the Classic UI menus. I will check with our devs to confirm, and in the mean time you can customize your toolbars to add the command manually.

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Hi Stefan,

ok, thanks.

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