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Options (View File Differences)

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options_viewfiledifferences

These settings allow you to set the options for viewing the text differences between two files.

Ignore options	Check the White Space box to have FolderMatch ignore differences in white space (i.e. lines that differ only in space, tab, newline and form-feed characters.) Check the Case box to have the program ignore differences in letter case (upper case/lower case).
Show Line Numbers	To see the number of each line, select this option.
Show Formatting Marks	Determines whether formatting marks (EOL, Tab, & Space) are shown in the text. These marks are normally not visible. When you turn these settings on, the program inserts symbols into the text to show these hidden marks. Check the End of Line box to have the program show this formatting mark. Check the Tab box to have the program show this formatting mark. Check the Spaces box to have the program show this formatting mark.
Number of Context Lines	Determines how many lines of context the program shows when using the View Differences with Context option
Difference Detail Level	The program can show the differences between two lines at the line level, word level, or character level. Select the desired level using this option. See Difference Detail Levels for more information.

Microsoft Word Documents options

You can compare two Microsoft Word documents using FolderMatch or using Word itself. Select your preferred method with this option.

View Differences in MS Word

Select the View Differences in MS Word option to use Word's built-in document comparison functionality. FolderMatch will launch Word and instruct it to compare the two documents. Refer to your Word Help documentation for more information about the Compare feature. The Ignore options are not applied when you use Word to compare and view the differences.

View Differences in FolderMatch

Select the View Differences in FolderMatch option to view the differences in FolderMatch. The program will extract the text from each document, compare them, and display the differences.