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Published: July 2012 Contents 3 Table of Contents Part 1 Welcome 7 1 What's. .N..e..w............................................................................................................................. 8 2 Standa..r.d.. .v..s. .P..r..o..................................................................................................................... 9 Part 2 Using Beyond Compare 11 1 Home. .V...i.e..w........................................................................................................................... 12 Managing Ses..s..i.o..n...s.. .............................................................................................................................................. 13 Sharing Sessi.o...n..s.. .................................................................................................................................................. 13 2 Folde.r. .C...o..m...p..a..r.e................................................................................................................... 14 Understandin.g.. .t.h...e.. .D..i.s...p..l.a..y.. .................................................................................................................................. 15 How to Comp.a..r.e... .F..o..l.d..e...r.s... .................................................................................................................................... 16 Filtering the V..i.e..w... .................................................................................................................................................. 17 Reconciling Di.f..f.e..r..e..n...c..e..s.. ....................................................................................................................................... 18 Archive Files .......................................................................................................................................................... 19 File Action De.t.a..i.l.s.. .................................................................................................................................................. 20 Copy ......................................................................................................................................................... 20 Move ......................................................................................................................................................... 20 Copy to Fo.l.d..e..r................................................................................................................................................... 21 Move to Fo.l.d..e..r................................................................................................................................................... 22 Delete ......................................................................................................................................................... 24 Rename ......................................................................................................................................................... 24 Attributes ......................................................................................................................................................... 25 Touch ......................................................................................................................................................... 25 Exclude ......................................................................................................................................................... 26 New Folde.r........................................................................................................................................................ 26 Synchroniz..e....................................................................................................................................................... 26 3 Folde.r. .S...y.n..c.......................................................................................................................... 28 4 Text C..o..m...p..a..r..e...................................................................................................................... 30 Editing Text .......................................................................................................................................................... 31 Walking Throu..g...h.. .D..i.f..f.e..r..e..n...c..e..s.. ............................................................................................................................. 31 Searching for. .T..e..x..t.. ................................................................................................................................................ 32 5 Text M...e..r.g..e........................................................................................................................... 33 Using Text Me..r..g..e.. .................................................................................................................................................. 34 6 Data C...o..m...p..a..r.e...................................................................................................................... 35 7 Hex C..o..m...p..a..r.e....................................................................................................................... 37 8 Pictur.e.. .C...o..m...p..a..r.e.................................................................................................................. 38 9 Regis.t.r.y.. .C..o..m...p..a..r.e................................................................................................................. 40 10 Text E..d..i.t.............................................................................................................................. 41 11 Other. .V..i.e..w... .T..y..p..e..s................................................................................................................ 42 12 File F.o..r.m...a..t.s......................................................................................................................... 44 Grammars .......................................................................................................................................................... 44 13 Repor..t.s................................................................................................................................ 44 Copyright © 2012 Scooter Software, Inc. 3 4 Beyond Compare 14 FTP A..c.c..e..s..s.......................................................................................................................... 45 15 Using. .S..n..a..p..s..h..o..t.s.................................................................................................................. 46 16 Renam...i.n..g.. .F..i.l.e..s.................................................................................................................... 46 17 Samp.l.e.. .R...e..g..u..l.a..r. .E..x..p..r.e..s..s.i.o..n..s............................................................................................... 47 18 Callin.g.. .B...e..y.o..n..d.. .C...o..m...p..a..r.e.. .f.r.o..m... .O...t.h..e..r. .A..p..p..l.i.c..a..t.i.o..n..s.............................................................. 48 19 Movin..g.. .B..e..y..o..n..d.. .C..o..m...p..a..r.e.. .t.o.. .A..n..o..t.h..e..r.. .C..o..m...p..u..t.e..r.................................................................. 48 20 Autom..a..t.i.n..g.. .w...i.t.h.. .S..c..r.i.p..t.s....................................................................................................... 49 Sample Script.s... ...................................................................................................................................................... 50 Scheduling a S...c..r.i.p...t. ............................................................................................................................................... 53 Part 3 Settings Reference 54 1 Progr.a..m... .O..p..t.i.o..n..s.................................................................................................................. 55 Startup .......................................................................................................................................................... 56 General .......................................................................................................................................................... 57 Tabs 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