In any single project, many changes can be made to a single document at any given point, and it follows that many copies and different versions of that file are saved. When reviewing a document, it is often a tedious task to go back and look at previous versions for missed material or for PDF comparison to find the best PDF version.
Instead of manually searching for previous files in your computer or in your e-mails, Adobe Acrobat 11 Pro offers a simple way to compare and review PDF material in different files. It will let you specify what type of documents you would like to compare as well as the exact page range, and you can also easily keep track of your activities by managing your results and settings in the Compare Navigation pane.
In Adobe Acrobat 11 Pro:
- 1Go to View > Tools > Document Processing.
- 2From the Tools Pane, select Compare Documents.
- 3Choose the files to compare by browsing and locating them on your computer or by selecting the name of the document from the drop-down menu.
- 4To compare specific parts of a document, choose your pages by entering a value in the First page and a Last page fields.
- 5Select the Document Description option that best summarizes the content of your file.
- 6Click on OK. Acrobat will begin to process and compare both files and pages specified.
- Your results will appear in the Compare Navigation pane. The summary page shows the file names as well as the differences between them.
- 7Click the links in the summary page to show the document in the pane as well as the first reported edit or change.
- With this advanced feature, you can conduct a PDF comparison quickly and more efficiently, letting you spend your time reviewing the file rather than sifting through it.
