Following is a description of the Table Compare commands, in addition to the common commands. Most of these commands are available as toolbar buttons.
Pick Tools > Options and switch to the Commands page to define your own keyboard shortcuts, and hide or expose commands on the menus and toolbars.
The Session menu
Save Session |
Saves the current session. |
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Save Session As |
Saves the current session under a new name. |
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Session Settings |
Opens the Table Compare Session Settings dialog. |
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Locked |
Locks or unlocks current session. |
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Clear Session |
Replaces the current view with an empty Table Compare. |
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Swap Sides |
Exchanges the left and right files. |
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Reload Files |
Reloads the displayed files, prompting to save first if necessary. |
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Recompare Files |
Recompares the displayed files, preserving edits, but not undoability. |
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Table Compare Report |
Produces the Table Compare report. |
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Table Compare Info |
Displays comparison statistics. |
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Compare Files Using |
Opens the displayed files in a new session using a different class of file view. |
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Compare Parent Folders |
Opens a new Folder Compare session based on the parent folders of the currently loaded files. |
The File menu
Open File |
Opens an existing file into the picked pane. |
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Open File on File System * |
Opens an existing local file into the picked pane. |
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Open File Using Profile * |
Opens an existing file into the picked pane using a profile. |
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Open Clipboard |
Loads the Clipboard contents into the picked pane. |
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Open With |
Opens the picked pane's file in one of the external Open With applications. |
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Open With > Associated Application |
Opens the picked pane's file with its associated application. |
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Open With > Text Edit |
Opens the picked pane's file with the built-in text editor. |
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Save File |
Saves the modified file from the picked pane. |
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Save File As |
Saves the file from the picked pane with a new name. |
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Save File on File System As * |
Saves the file from the picked pane with a new name on the file system. |
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Save File Using Profile As * |
Saves the file from the picked pane with a new name using a profile. |
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Explorer |
Displays the file manager's context menu for the file in the picked pane. |
The Edit menu
Undo |
Undoes previous action. |
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Redo |
Redoes previously undone action. |
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Align With |
Allows you to select a row, and then click on a row on the other side to force them to be side-by-side. |
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Copy to Right / Copy to Left * |
Copies selected cells to indicated side. |
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Copy to Other Side |
Copies selected cells to opposite side. The caption and icon appear as Copy to Right or Copy to Left depending on the current side. |
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Copy Row to Right / Copy Row to Left * |
Copies selected rows to indicated side. |
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Copy Row to Other Side |
Copies selected rows to other side. The caption and icon appear as Copy Row to Right or Copy Row to Left depending on the current side. |
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Cut / Copy / Paste / Delete |
Standard editing commands. |
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Delete Row |
Deletes selected rows. |
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Delete Column |
Deletes selected columns. |
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Insert Row Before |
Inserts new row above current row. |
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Insert Row After |
Inserts new row below current row. |
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Insert Column Before |
Inserts new column to the left of current column. |
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Insert Column After |
Inserts new column to the right of current column. |
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Modify |
Toggles edit mode on current cell. |
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Sort |
Sorts selected data. |
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Select All |
Selects all visible rows in the current pane. |
The Search menu
Next Difference Cell |
Positions at next difference cell. |
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Previous Difference Cell |
Positions at previous difference cell. |
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Next Difference Row |
Positions at next difference row. |
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Previous Difference Row |
Positions at previous difference row. |
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Next Difference Files |
Opens the parent folder session's next pair of files with differences. (Child sessions only.) |
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Previous Difference Files |
Opens the parent folder session's previous pair of files with differences. (Child sessions only.) |
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Copy File to Right and Open Next Difference |
Copies the entire left-side file to the right and opens the folder session's next different files. (Child sessions only.) |
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Copy File to Left and Open Next Difference |
Copies the entire right-side file to the left and opens the folder session's next different files. (Child sessions only.) |
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Next Edit |
Positions at the next edited row beyond the cursor. |
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Previous Edit |
Positions at previous edited row before the cursor. |
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Find |
Searches for matching text. |
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Replace |
Replaces matching text. |
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Find Next |
Finds next occurrence of search string. |
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Find Previous |
Finds previous occurrence of search string. |
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Go To |
Positions at specified row and column. |
The View menu
Show All |
Shows all rows, with or without differences. |
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Show Differences |
Shows only rows with differences. |
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Show Same |
Shows only rows without differences. |
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Show None * |
Hides all rows. |
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Ignore Unimportant Differences |
Treats unimportant differences as same. |
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Hide Same Columns |
Hides columns with no differences. |
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Resize Columns to Fit |
Makes columns wide enough for data to be fully visible. |
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Visible Whitespace |
Shows or hides visible spaces, tabs. |
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Row Numbers |
Shows or hides row numbers. |
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Display Font * |
Selects the font to use to display file data. |
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Increase Display Font Size * |
Increases editor font size. |
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Decrease Display Font Size * |
Decreases editor font size. |
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Reset Display Font Size * |
Resets editor font size. |
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Side-by-Side Layout |
Arranges panes left and right of each other. |
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Over-Under Layout |
Arranges panes above and below each other. |
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Thumbnail |
Shows or hides the thumbnail summary of changes at left of view. |
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Text Details |
Shows or hides the text details panel at bottom of view. |
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File Info |
Shows or hides file information panels at the top of panes. |
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Toolbar |
Shows or hides the toolbar. |
* Hidden by default.