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My favorite [and free] tool tool for any type of side-by-side content
comparison is, NotePad ++ with the "Compare" plug-in. Unfortunately, it can
only compare HTML code, not the rendered content.
If that is okay but you don't want to install NotePad ++, there is also
this excellent and free web compare tool: http://www.diffnow.com
If you need to compared the rendered HTML content, that one seems to be a
little bit more difficult. I found one application (that seems a little
dated) called, HTML match (http://www.htmlmatch.com/)
I'll keep looking for alternatives to visually compare HTML content.
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Shawn
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 8:29 PM, Scribe 2011 <sscribe2011 -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What is the best tool/method to compare two sets of HTML files when all I
> need to do is to compare the text of these files rather than the HTML
> markup.
> Free tools, preferably.
>
> Thanks
> Ann
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