Compare Quick Reference Guide - Summary Red Line Compare Report

Modified on Thu, 24 Sep at 10:46 AM

  1. Select Summary Red Line from the Compare Report group
  2. Select updated presentation - browse to the location of the updated presentation you wish to compare or select Use current presentation.
  3. Select original presentation - browse to the location of the original presentation.
  4. Location for side by side comparison report – once you have selected the location of the updated presentation this field will be automatically populated with the same location. Or you can browse to a new location where you wish the Detailed Compare Report to be saved.
  5. Second logo - if you require a logo to be added to the front cover of the Detailed Compare Report, check the box Add logo to cover slide and browse to its location.
  6. Under Ignore select from the following options (the options already selected will be based on your selection in the Ignore group on the Compare tab).
    • Formatting changes – check this to exclude any formatting changes.
    • Shape move and resize – check this to exclude any changes to the size or position of shapes.
    • Changes to slide numbers – check this to exclude any changes to slide numbers (these will have occurred if slides have been deleted or inserted).
    • Changes to white space – check this to exclude any changes or additions such as tabs, paragraph breaks and line breaks. 
    • Unchanged slides – check this to exclude from the Detailed Compare Report any slides that have not changed.
    • Changes to shapes on master – check this to exclude any changes to shapes in the master.
    NOTE: Checking all the above will result in the Detailed Compare Report listing changes to text and changes to the location of slides only. 
  7. Covers
    1. Report cover to end – check this to move the cover to the last page in the Detailed Compare Report.
    2. Hide cover image – check this to hide the default image on the cover of the Detailed Compare Report.
    3. Remove cover page – check this to hide the cover of the Detailed Compare Report.
    4. Show table of changes – check to display a list of changes (in the Side by Side report these are on each page, in the Top and Bottom these are at the end)
  8. Enter a report description in the free-text box.
  9. Click OK to generate the Summary Red Line Report.



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