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Compare Word Documents
AI-generatedSummary
Compare two Word documents by providing them as binary data, base64 strings, or URLs, with options to ignore specific content types during comparison, and output a Word file highlighting the differences.
Inputs
- First Document Input Method (required) — Method to provide the first Word file for comparison: binary data from previous node, base64 encoded string, or download from URL.
- First Document Binary Property Name (required) — Name of the binary property containing the first Word file when using binary input.
- First Document Base64 Content (required) — Base64 encoded string of the first Word file content when using base64 input.
- First Document URL (required) — URL to download the first Word file when using the URL input method.
- First Document Name — Filename to assign to the first Word file.
- Second Document Input Method (required) — Method to provide the second Word file for comparison: binary data from previous node, base64 encoded string, or download from URL.
- Second Document Binary Property Name (required) — Name of the binary property containing the second Word file when using binary input.
- Second Document Base64 Content (required) — Base64 encoded string of the second Word file content when using base64 input.
- Second Document URL (required) — URL to download the second Word file when using the URL input method.
- Second Document Name — Filename to assign to the second Word file.
- Ignore Formatting — Whether to ignore formatting changes during comparison.
- Ignore Case Changes — Whether to ignore case differences during comparison.
- Ignore Comments — Whether to ignore comments in the documents during comparison.
- Ignore Tables — Whether to ignore tables during comparison.
- Ignore Fields — Whether to ignore fields during comparison.
- Ignore Footnotes — Whether to ignore footnotes during comparison.
- Ignore Textboxes — Whether to ignore textboxes during comparison.
- Ignore Headers and Footers — Whether to ignore headers and footers during comparison.
- Author — Author name for the comparison metadata.
- Output File Name — Name to assign to the output Word file containing the comparison result.
- Output Binary Data Name — Name for the binary data property in the node output containing the processed Word file.
Output shape
a single binary file representing the Word document that contains the compared content with changes tracked according to the specified options
The output is a binary file accessible via the specified binary data name property; this file shows the differences between the two input Word documents, optionally ignoring formatting, case, comments, tables, fields, footnotes, textboxes, and headers/footers as configured.