Comparing two drafts without losing context
Export both revisions as UTF-8 text. Keep chapter headings and paragraph order consistent. A word processor file must first be exported as TXT; changing its extension does not convert it.
Read guidePractical notes for working with drafts, Unicode and text reports.
Export both revisions as UTF-8 text. Keep chapter headings and paragraph order consistent. A word processor file must first be exported as TXT; changing its extension does not convert it.
Read guideThe letter é can be a single code point or an e followed by a combining acute accent. They can look identical while using different bytes. A plain text comparison may therefore report a changed line even though the glyph looks the same.
Read guideLine trimming removes leading and trailing whitespace. Space cleanup collapses runs of ordinary spaces and tabs and changes common non-breaking spaces into ordinary spaces. Use only the option that solves the problem you can see.
Read guideWord count uses language-aware segmentation. Unicode code points measure encoded characters, while grapheme clusters approximate user-perceived characters. An emoji formed with joiners can be one visible cluster and several code points.
Read guideUse meaningful filenames and export to UTF-8. Select up to ten supported files within the total size limit. A filename becomes a report label, so remove personal information from it if the report will be shared.
Read guideThese tools accept plain text, not DOCX, PDF, images or compressed archives. Export from your writing application to UTF-8 TXT. A CSV or Markdown file is treated as text, not parsed into a table or rendered as a document.
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