Diffing Microsoft Word Files

If your Perforce administrator has enabled it, you can diff Microsoft Word .docx files in a P4Merge window using a rich comparison tool that shows differences in text, images, formats, styles, tables, headers, footers, and many other objects.

There are two .docx compare modes, Parent-Child and Sibling:

  • Parent-Child mode is used to show how a file has changed from one version to another; this mode is set when you select Diff Against Have Revision.

  • Sibling mode is used when there is no direct relationship between the files being compared; it is set, for example, when you drag and drop .docx files.

For more information about how to select files for diffing, see Diffing Files and Folders.

For more information about using P4Merge to view diffs, see the P4Merge help.