Following is a description of the Version 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
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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 Version Compare Session Settings dialog. |
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Locked |
Locks or unlocks current session. |
Clear Session |
Replaces the current view with an empty Version Compare. |
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Swap Sides |
Exchanges the left and right files. |
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Reload Files |
Reloads the displayed files. |
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Recompare Files |
Recompares the displayed files without reloading. |
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Version Compare Report |
Produces the Version Compare report. |
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Version Compare Info |
Displays comparison statistics. |
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
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Open File |
Opens an existing file into the picked pane. |
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 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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Explorer |
Displays the file manager's context menu for the file in the picked pane. |
The Edit menu
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Copy |
Copies selection to the Clipboard. |
Select All |
Selects all visible items in the current pane. |
The Search menu
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Next Difference Item |
Positions at next difference item. |
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Previous Difference Item |
Positions at previous difference item. |
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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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Find |
Searches for 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. |
The View menu
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Show All |
Shows all items, with or without differences. |
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Show Differences |
Shows only items with differences. |
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Show Same |
Shows only items without differences. |
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Show None * |
Hides all items. |
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Ignore Unimportant Differences |
Treats unimportant differences as same. |
Item Is Important |
Marks selected item as important or unimportant. |
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Visible Whitespace |
Shows or hides visible spaces, tabs. |
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Display Font * |
Selects the font to use to display file data. |
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Increase Display Font Size * |
Increases listing font size. |
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Decrease Display Font Size * |
Decreases listing font size. |
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Reset Display Font Size * |
Resets listing 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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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. |
Toolbar |
Shows or hides the toolbar. |
* Hidden by default.
