Overview of differences – DocTools ExtractChanges Pro and DocTools ExtractData

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Example – paragraphs in original document

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Example – paragraphs in original document:

Handles large documents with huge amounts of tracked changes and comments

May not always be able to handle large documents with many tracked changes

Extracts insertions, deletions and comments into one extract document

The scope of each comment will be marked by color shading in column 5 and an index number will be added just after the scope. The comment text in column 6 will start with [Comment #] where # is the same number as added after the scope. This makes it easy for you to find out where comments belong.

Extracts insertions and deletions into one extract document (not comments)

(Also lets you extract acronyms, bookmarks or comments to separate documents)

Insertions, deletions and comments are shown in full context in the extract document (see the example illustrated above)

Paragraphs below the same set of main heading/subheadings may be combined into a single row or kept as separate rows depending on your personal settings – in the example illustration above, the rows are not combined

Insertions and deletions are shown one by one without context (see the example illustrated above)

Extracts insertions, deletions and comments both form the main text of the document and from headers, footers, footnotes and endnotes

Extracts insertions and deletions from the main text only

You can extract changes and comments either from the entire document or from a selected part of the main text or from headers and footers as you wish

(Not available)

Headings and subheadings are detected and extracted with the changes – even in poorly formatted Word documents (e.g. converted from PDF to Word)

(Not available)

You can customize several options in relation to the extract and the resulting document

(Not available)

Shows progress bar with information during the extract

(Not available)

Lets you click a button to interrupt the process, e.g. in case of a problem

(Not available)

Lets you compare two versions of a document and extract insertions, deletions and comments in one operation

(Not available)

Lets you batch extract changes from all documents in a folder selected by you. The extract documents are automatically saved in the folder you specify

(Not available)

Lets you find any extracted paragraph listed in the extract document directly in the source document with the click of a button in the extract document

(Not available)

Lets you quickly find any specific paragraph directly in the source document, e.g. a paragraph that may have caused problems during extract

(Not available)

Lets you change author names and remove or change dates in existing tracked changes and comments. The original document remains unchanged. The command creates a copy of the document and changes the author name(s) and/or dates in the copy.

(Not available)

Lets you automatically find and open the source document and arrange it side by side with the extract document with the click of a button

(Not available)

Statistics information about insertions and deletions automatically included in the footer of the extract document. Example:
Statistics: 546 insertions (25365 characters), 493 deletions (8544 characters)

This information may be useful for e.g. translators

(Not available)