Producing a draft output to compare two publication versions

Last Updated : Jun 15, 2021 |
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You can produce a PDF output to compare the version of a publication that is open with any other version of the same publication. Version compare includes all of the differences between the two publication versions. This compare is different from the regular draft output, which uses the active Oxygen XML Author change tracking in the topics in the current version.
Note:
You can produce a version compare draft for PDF outputs only.
The formatting of changes are same as the draft output:
  • Change bars in the left margin
  • Green highlighting for new text
  • Red highlighting and strikethrough for deleted text
  1. Start Publication Manager.
  2. From the repository, open the version of the publication that you want to use as the basis for the comparison and click the Output tab.
  3. Select the PDF output format you want to create the comparison of and click Properties.
  4. On the Properties dialog box:
    1. Select the Use draft output check box.
    2. Select the Differences with version check box.
    3. Select the version with which you want to compare.
      ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
      Ensure that you compare with a different version and do not leave it at the current version, or you will have a publishing issue.
    4. To suppress the watermark, line numbers, or draft comments, select the appropriate check boxes.
    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
    Important:
    To disable the Differences with version option, remove the output format and add it back, or disable in the web interface due to a known Publication Manager issue. The information on disabling the check box through the web interface is provided at the end of this procedure.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Publish the output.
  7. To disable the Differences with version option, do one of the following:
      1. In the Output tab, delete the output format.
      2. Add a new output format.
        Note:
        Deleting the output format and then adding it back is faster and simpler.
      1. On the Tridion Docs web interface, select the publication.
      2. Click the Repository tab, and navigate to the publication folder.
      3. On the right pane, select the publication, and click the publication title.
      4. In the lower pane, select the Version check box on the far left, then scroll to the right and select the check box that corresponds to the Output Format and the Language Combination.
      5. On the lower-right pane, click Properties.
        You cannot modify values on the Properties page, and Tridion Docs displays Compare with version as unchecked. Ignore and continue with the next step.
      6. On the Properties dialog, click Modify.
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