Comparing Versions of a Content Block

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Toolbar

The content comparison toolbar has five buttons, explained below.

Button	Name	Description
	Print	Sends content to local or network printer. Note: This option prints the currently displayed content, whether it is the compared, published, or staged content.
	Save	Saves a copy in HTML format on your local machine or network. When saved as a physical file, the HTML may be edited. However, the changes are not saved to the Web Server. The save option saves the version of the content you are viewing.
	Setup	Opens setup dialog box to configure the settings. Typically, only an administrator would use this. For more information, see Setup.
	Help	Displays additional information about the compare feature.
	Exit	Closes the window.

Setup

Click the Setup button ( ) to open the setup dialog box. Typically, a system administrator would edit these settings.

You can change the setup options to better suit your needs. The following table explains each option.

Option	Description
Compare Options
Compare visual aspect	Compares content as it would appear on a Web page.
Compare source code	Displays compared content as source HTML.
Whitespace Options
Ignore All	Blank (whitespace) characters are ignored.
Smart Detect	One or more consecutive whitespace characters are treated as a single separation sequence. That is, multiple whitespace characters are ignored.
Detect All	Blank (whitespace) characters are treated as any other character.
Other Options
Ignore Case	Determines whether comparison is case sensitive. For example, if you check this box, the strings "Bob" and "BOB" are not highlighted because their only difference is the case of the characters.
Ignore Format Attributes	Determines whether comparison ignores changes in text-formatting attributes (HTML Visual Analysis only).

After updating setup information, click OK to save changes.

Content Area

The content area displays the content comparison.

The following table describes the change indicators.

Symbol	Example	Content state
Plain black text		Unchanged
Yellow highlighted text		Added
Red, struck-through text		Deleted

View Tabs

When viewing content in the View Content Difference feature, there are three view modes, explained below.

View	Description
Diff	Compares published version of content to staged version
Published	Displays currently published version
Staged	Displays the staged version of content. See Also: Staged Content

To switch between views, click the corresponding View tab.

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