Excel Diff: Compare Excel Files and Worksheets
People create different file and spreadsheets on various subjects or on related subjects, at different times. It is possible that you may like to compare one file or worksheet with another file or worksheet. It used by done by manual methods comparing cell by cell or sentence by sentence. It is a very tedious method likely to be full of errors and never a comprehensive and full comparison. This method of comparison is no longer required with the advent of computer and software applications.
Excel diff is a software program created with specific purpose of comparing files or spreadsheets. It is a very fast and simple method to get the work done by following a few simple steps. All that you have to do is to select the material you need to get compared and use the computer for doing the work. You get two reports. One is the summarized version and the second one contains full details. You also get the benefit of getting two more files which are duplicates of originals which are compared.
Using the computer software for your comparison work gets you cell by cell analysis of the file and spreadsheets. You get a comprehensive and high quality difference report which can be used by you and printed for distribution. The various differences between the two file put up for comparison are listed separately in a consolidated form. This will useful to you if you desire to analyze the changes that have been made in the second file. This difference sheet comes I the form of a excel sheet.
Excel diff software program has been designed in such a manner that it can do the work of comparison between two file or spreadsheets even if they have the same name. If two spreadsheets containing data have been compared, the same format as the compared spreadsheets is maintained in the difference report. You get the changes that have taken place between the two compared sheets highlighted in the report. You get a cell by cell analysis highlighting the differences. The report is easy to follow because it comes in 3 separate parts. The deleted parts, the changed parts, and the added parts are all listed clearly.