Customize changes styles

GroupDocs.Comparison provides compare options set with some default values that provides both - appropriate comparison speed and quality. However it is possible to customize comparison options from wide range of parameters and their values to fulfill some specific needs. Example below demonstrates how to change different changes types styling.

The following are the steps to compare two documents with custom change style settings:

  • Instantiate Comparer object with source document path or stream;
  • Call add method and specify target document path or stream;
  • Instantiate CompareOptions object with desired parameters;
  • Call compare method and pass CompareOptions object to method;

The following code snippet demonstrates how to compare files with specific options.

Compare files from local disk with custom change styles

Compare files from stream with custom change styles

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GitHub Examples

You may easily run the code above and see the feature in action in our GitHub examples:

Free Online App

Along with full-featured Java library we provide simple, but powerful free Apps. You are welcome to compare your DOC or DOCX, XLS or XLSX, PPT or PPTX, PDF, EML, EMLX, MSGand other documents with free to use online GroupDocs Comparison App.