I am looking for a way to compare two PDF files. A version of examdiff
for PDF files would be great!

TIA,

Terry

Terry <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I am looking for a way to compare two PDF files. A version of
> examdiff for PDF files would be great!

In short: AFAIK, such a thing does not exist.

What you can do, though: extract the text from the PDF with a tool
like "pdftext" from the XPDF bundle [1], and then do a simple text
comparison using a tool like, let's say, WinMerge [2].

Regards,
Wald


[1] http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/
[2] http://winmerge.sourceforge.net/
(download the latest experimental build, they are very stable and
have the newest features)

> In short: AFAIK, such a thing does not exist.

It is not free, but our Compare It! has addin for doing your suggested
process automatically - converting pdf to text and comparing result.
Please check http://www.grigsoft.com/ and
http://www.grigsoft.com/wc3addin.htm for details.

Igor Green
http://www.grigsoft.com/
Compare It! + Synchronize It! - files and folders comparison never was
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