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GroupDocs.Comparison for Python via .NET supports bookmark comparison in Word documents — enable compare_bookmarks on CompareOptions to detect differences in bookmarked ranges.

from groupdocs.comparison import Comparer
from groupdocs.comparison.options import CompareOptions

def compare_bookmarks_in_word():
    with Comparer("./source.docx") as comparer:
        comparer.add("./target.docx")
        options = CompareOptions()
        options.compare_bookmarks = True
        comparer.compare("./result.docx", options)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    compare_bookmarks_in_word()

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Use case: validate that critical bookmarked sections (e.g., contract clauses) remain unchanged.

The result is as follows:

• Word-only. Bookmark comparison applies only to Microsoft Word documents (.doc, .docx, .dot, .dotx). For other formats the option is silently ignored.
• Interaction with word_track_changes. Bookmark comparison runs alongside revision processing — if a bookmarked range contains tracked changes, both are surfaced in the result.
• Bookmark content vs. bookmark definitions. compare_bookmarks = True detects content changes inside bookmarked ranges. Pure bookmark-name renames without content change are not surfaced as content diffs.

• Compare Word documents — the base Word-comparison flow.
• Word track changes — include or ignore tracked revisions.
• Compare variables and document properties — also Word-specific.