Thanks a lot, this looks very promising!

Jon Olav


On May 19, 12:19 pm, Dirk Stoop <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Jon,
>
> Welcome to the group!
>
> There's no built in feature in Versions to use Word's native document
> comparison, but because you can make your own custom comparison
> scripts, it is absolutely possible to make this work.
>
> I've made a script just like that some time ago, that will use Word to
> compare Word files, and Kaleidoscope for everything else a little
> while ago.
>
> You can find the script here, along with instructions to use 
> it:https://gist.github.com/980499#comments
>
> It's been a while since I tried this, but I'm pretty sure this will
> work with the current release of Word, and the current release of
> Versions.
>
> I don't think Mac Word has a three-up view, or if it does, I've never
> been able to find it. The script should open up the documents
> together, highlighting the changes though.
>
> One thing you may also want to try on the Mac is Kaleidoscope, Sofa's
> (our) file comparison app, seewww.kaleidoscopeapp.com. It can compare
> Word files, but strips all formatting before it compares them as plain
> text. I like it myself for Word comparisons, mostly because
> comparisons open a lot faster than Word can manage, but if you have a
> lot of inline graphs or illustrations, or if the formatting is
> important to your comparisons, it probably won't be as good for you.
> There's a 30-day trial available on the site, so make sure you give it
> a try.
>
> Cheers,
> - Dirk
>
> the Versions team
>
> On May 19, 11:57 am, Jon Olav Vik <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Can Versions be set up to use Microsoft Word's native "Review >
> > Compare" facility? With TortoiseSVN on Windows, I can show the log of
> > a Word document, select two revisions and choose "Compare revisions"
> > from the context menu. This brings up Word's three-pane view with
> > panes called "Original", "Revised", and "Compared Document".
>
> > My boss is using Versions on the Mac, and comparing iterations of Word
> > manuscripts is the main thing he should be doing. Any help in getting
> > this to work would be highly appreciated.
>
> > Best regards,
> > Jon Olav Vik

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