How to Compare Word Documents Side by Side

Sometimes you find yourself needing to compare two Word documents. You can open them both and simply keep switching back and forth. Or maybe you might print one (or both) of them out and compare them that way. But why not open them both in Word and compare them side by side? Here’s how!

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Microsoft Word

1. In Word, open the two documents you want to compare.
2. Click “Window” from the standard tool bar.
3. Click “Compare Side by Side With” (it will also list the name of the second document, or simply say “Document2”. If you have more than two documents open, a dialog box will open allowing you to choose your second document.
4. You will see a “Compare Side by Side” toolbar. The “Synchronous Scrolling” will allow you to scroll through both documents at the same time.
5. If you want your documents to reset to their original positions, click the “Reset Window Position” button.
6. When you are finished comparing your documents, click “Close Side by Side”.

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