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GroupDocs.Comparison allows you to set the changes author name in the resulting document.
The following code snippet shows how to set the changes author:
'use strict';
// Import the GroupDocs Comparison Node.js SDK
const groupdocs = require('@groupdocs/groupdocs.comparison');
// Define file paths for source, target, and result documents
const sourcePath = 'sample-files/source.docx';
const targetPath = 'sample-files/target.docx';
const resultPath = 'result.docx';
// Initialize the comparer with the source document
const comparer = new groupdocs.Comparer(sourcePath);
// Add the target document to the comparison set
comparer.add(targetPath);
// Create comparison options to customize the output
const compareOptions = new groupdocs.CompareOptions();
// Enable revision tracking and set author information
compareOptions.setShowRevisions(true); // show changes as revisions
compareOptions.setWordTrackChanges(true); // generate Word track changes
compareOptions.setRevisionAuthorName('New author'); // author name for revisions
// Execute the comparison and save the result to the specified path
comparer.compare(resultPath, compareOptions);
// Terminate the process with a success exit code
process.exit(0);
This example creates a Comparer instance with the source document, adds the target document, and creates a CompareOptions object. It enables revision tracking by setting both setShowRevisions(true) and setWordTrackChanges(true), then sets the author name for revisions using setRevisionAuthorName('New author'). When the comparison is performed, all changes will be marked as revisions with the specified author name in the result document.
The result is as follows:
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