Comparing

Compares two documents and returns a Document object that represents the document that contains the differences between the two documents, marked using tracked changes.

Dim oResult As Word.Document 
Set oResult = Application.CompareDocuments( _
                 OriginalDocument:=Documents(strDoc_1_FullName), _
                 RevisedDocument:=Documents(strDoc_2_FullName), _
                 Destination:=wdCompareDestination.wdCompareDestinationNew, _
                 Granularity:=wdGranularity.wdGranularityCharLevel, _
                 CompareFormatting:=False, _
                 CompareCaseChanges:=True, _
                 CompareWhitespace:=True, _
                 CompareTables:=True, _
                 CompareHeaders:=False, _
                 CompareFootnotes:=False, _
                 CompareTextboxes:=False, _
                 CompareFields:=True, _
                 CompareComments:=True, _
                 CompareMoves:=False, _
                 RevisedAuthor:=Application.UserName, _
                 IgnoreAllComparisonWarnings:=True)

OriginalDocument - Specifies the path and file name of the original document.
RevisedDocument - Specifies the path and file name of the revised document to which to compare the original document.
Destination - Specifies whether to create a new file or whether to mark the differences between the two documents in the original document or in the revised document. Default value is wdCompareDestinationNew.
Granularity - Specifies whether changes are tracked by character or by word. Default value is wdGranularityWordLevel.
CompareFormatting - Specifies whether to mark differences in formatting between the two documents. Default value is True.
CompareCaseChanges - Specifies whether to mark differences in case between the two documents. Default value is True.
CompareWhitespace - Specifies whether to mark differences in white space, such as paragraphs or spaces, between the two documents. Default value is True.
CompareTables - Specifies whether to compare the differences in data contained in tables between the two documents. Default value is True.
CompareHeaders - Specifies whether to compare differences in headers and footers between the two documents. Default value is True.
CompareFootnotes - Specifies whether to compare differences in footnotes and endnotes between the two documents. Default value is True.
CompareTextboxes - Specifies whether to compare differences in the data contained within text boxes between the two documents. Default value is True.
CompareFields - Specifies whether to compare differences in fields between the two documents. Default value is True.
CompareComments - Specifies whether to compare differences in comments between the two documents. Default value is True.
CompareMoves - Specifies whether to compare differences in moves between the two documents. Default value is True.
RevisedAuthor - Specifies the name of the person to whom to attribute changes when comparing the two documents.
IgnoreAllComparisonWarnings - Specifies whether to ignore warnings when comparing the two documents.



Public Sub Testing_CompareDocs() 
Dim oOriginalDoc As Word.Document
Dim oRevisedDoc As Word.Document
Dim oResult As Word.Document
Dim sfolderpath As String

   sfolderpath = "C:\Temp\Compare Documents\"

   Set oOriginalDoc = Documents.Open(sfolderpath & "Original.docx", , False)
   Set oRevised = Documents.Open(sfolderpath & "Revised.docx", , False)

   Set oResult = Application.CompareDocuments( _
      OriginalDocument:=oOriginalDoc, _
      RevisedDocument:=oRevisedDoc, _
      Destination:=wdCompareDestinationNew)
End Sub

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