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Link: canonical Home > Internet > Tools > Compare > Google Docs - 27/02/08 Use Google Docs To Compare Two Text Files Online compare text filesWinMerge, Beyond Compare, ExamDiff and Altova Diffdog are some popular utilities that help you visually compare differences in two files but a problem with these software is that they work only on the desktop. Since there are no online file comparison services available yet, we can use our favorite Google Docs to locate differences between two text files or files that contain programming source code. Here are the step involved for comparing two files with Google Docs: Step 1. Create a new document in Google Docs and paste the contents of the first text file into this document. Save. Step 2. Open your second text file in notepad and copy its content to the clipboard. Now open the Google Document created in Step 1 and overwrite everything with content from the clipboard. Save. Step 3. Go to the Revision tab of Google Docs, select the two file versions and click "Compare Checked". You should see the differences highlighted on the next screen as shown below. google-compare-files The highlighting may not be as good as the desktop counterparts but still handy. And this Google Docs file comparison trick will work best in situations when you have to compare two text files that contain only minor variations. Share Reader Comments neat! thanks for the tip Written by x-online on 02.27.08 Too bad, Google Documents only works with text files up to 512 Kb. Written by hi there on 01.03.09 Meet the Author Amit Agarwal Amit Agarwal is a personal technology columnist and founder of Digital Inspiration, one of the most widely read how-to blogs in the world.. read more >> email newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter __________________________ [ Sign Up ] Social Toolbox About Digital Inspiration An award-winning technology site with detailed how-to guides, tips and video tutorials on all things related to personal technology, software and web apps. [USEMAP] Popular Topics * howto guides * apple ipad * adobe pdf * google docs * dropbox * infographics * bookmarklets * facebook * twitter * wordpress * youtube * google adsense * india inc. * screencasting * software tips * presentations * gmail * wikipedia Get news on the go mobile Digital Inspiration is a mobile-friendly website. Simply bookmark labnol.org in your mobile browser for free access anytime, anywhere. E-mail: amit@labnol.org (c) 2004-2011 Digital Inspiration. The content is copyrighted to Amit Agarwal and may not be reproduced on other websites. Web Stats | Terms | Sitemap * Home * About Us * Community * River of News * How-to Guides * Tech Tips * Ask a Question * Favorite Websites Technology Blog ________________________________ [ Search ]