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A few ways. 1. People seem to find side-by-side diffs easier to read than the Track Changes compare functionality built into Word, because the old and new vers
by bentoner 13y ago
A few ways.
1. People seem to find side-by-side diffs easier to read than the Track Changes compare functionality built into Word, because the old and new versions don’t get mashed together.
2. Usability. Draftable is easier to use than the inbuilt functionality. (You’d be surprised how many people don’t even realize that Word can compare documents.)
3. You get more control over Track Changes and the comparisons. For example, Word can't create a comparison that preserves the existing Track Changes. Another example: we have a button “Track Changes Since Open” which makes it as if you’d turned on Track Changes when the document was opened.
- jdotjdot 13y agoYou actually can open two word files side by side with advanced functionality as part of the compare or combine documents feature, at least in Word 2010. But you're right, it's really hard to use, and almost no one knows it exists.