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 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Versions" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/versions?hl=en.
