Microsoft Words has a function named "compare documents" in the review bar. How can I compare documents in Pages? (I mean, how to compare two documents and obtain a third one containing the changes made in the original one?) thanks in advance for your help !!
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Not available in Pages.
Peter
Not available in Pages.
Peter
Thank you Peter !!
LibreOffice runs on Mac OS-X for free. Under "Edit" you have an item "Compare Document ...". This requires that you first export your Pages documents to a format that LibreOffice can read, such as .doc, .docx, .... (check LibreOffice for options).
It is true that this feature is not available in Pages. However, as this article explains, Pages picks up tracking information from Word .doc (and even .docx) documents very well. Presumably, you need to compare two documents because you sent a Pages document as a Word file to someone else. All that you need to do is compare what they sent back to what you sent in Word and then open that new document in Pages.
The only problem is if you have complex formatting. Even in that case, however, you can use the tracked document as a clear guide to accepting/rejecting tracked edits.
Compare documents in Pages as you do in MS Word
