Compare Method

  • Article

Displays revision marks that indicate where the specified document differs from another document.

expression.Compare(Name, AuthorName, CompareTarget, DetectFormatChanges, IgnoreAllComparisonWarnings, AddToRecentFiles, RemovePersonalInformation, RemoveDateAndTime)

expression Required. An expression that returns a Document object.

Name   Required String. The name of the document with which the specified document is compared.

AuthorName   Optional Variant. The reviewer name associated with the differences generated by the comparison. If unspecified, the value defaults to the author name of the revised document or the string "Comparison" if no author information is present.

WdCompareTarget

WdCompareTarget can be one of these WdCompareTarget constants.
wdCompareTargetCurrent Places comparison differences in the current document. Default.
wdCompareTargetNew Places comparison differences in a new document.
wdCompareTargetSelected Places comparison differences in the target document.

DetectFormatChanges   Optional Boolean. True (default) for the comparison to include detection of format changes.

IgnoreAllComparisonWarnings   Optional Variant. True compares the documents without notifying a user of problems. The default value is False.

AddToRecentFiles   Optional Variant. True adds the document to the list of recently used files on the File menu.

RemovePersonalInformation   Optional Boolean. True removes all user information from comments, revisions, and the properties dialog box in the returned Document object . The default value is False.

RemoveDateAndTime   Optional Boolean. True removes date and time stamp information from tracked changes in the returned Document object. The default value is False.

Example

This example compares the active document with the document named "FirstRev.doc" in the Draft folder and places the comparison differences in a new document.

Sub CompareDocument()
    ActiveDocument.Compare Name:="C:\Draft\FirstRev.doc", _
        CompareTarget:=wdCompareTargetNew
End Sub

Applies to | Document Object

See Also | Revisions Property | ShowRevisions Property