PDF comparison tool?

[Combs, Richard]

Jburgdor wrote:
 
> Colleagues are looking for a tool for comparing PDF files with less
> noisy results than when using the built-in Adobe PDF Comparison utility
> in Acrobat X.
> The end goal is to take any two versions of a document and compare
> them, allowing us to create "ignore rules" (i.e. ignore header/footer
> differences, etc..) that would reduce the amount of undesirable change
> bars created when generating the output file con
> Ideas/suggestions?

I don't know about Acrobat X, but in v9, you can choose your "noise level" on the Compare pane. Click Show Options and choose whether you want to see changes to images, headers/footers, etc. 

Alternatively, what about the tool from which the PDFs are created? Both FM and Word, for instance, have pretty flexible doc compare capabilities. 

HTH!

Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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303-903-6372
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