01 / PDF and Word comparison on Mac
Catch changes before you sign
The tutorial starts with a services agreement from a design studio. The returned PDF has four differences: payment moves from 14 to 45 days, the late-interest sentence disappears, a sentence allows the client to reuse the designs, and liability is limited to half of the fees.
The Differences list brings changed, removed and added passages together. Click an entry to jump to it, then use Reviewed to keep track of what you have checked.
02 / PDF and Word comparison on Mac
Compare the wording across two file formats
A PDF wraps text to fit the page, while a Word file stores paragraphs. In this comparison, Diff Anything reads the extracted text one paragraph per line, so ordinary line wrapping in the PDF does not become a text edit.
You can also compare a PDF with an RTF or OpenDocument text file. Choose the original and returned document directly; this workflow does not require converting both to the same format.
03 / PDF and Word comparison on Mac
Text comparison and its limits
This workflow compares extracted text. It does not compare fonts, spacing or page breaks, and it does not show changes to page layout. The documents remain read-only; make edits in your document editor.
Use a PDF with selectable text. Compare the original pages as well when their appearance matters.
04 / PDF and Word comparison on Mac
Free comparisons and Pro
Free allows 10 new comparison sessions per local day, with each file up to 5 MiB. Pro supports larger files within technical safety limits and adds report export, saved profiles and history.