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FIELD NOTES / THE TOOL

A small guide to
seeing changes.

Start with two versions

  1. Paste the earlier text into Original and the new version into Revised.
  2. Choose Compare texts. Green plus lines were added; terracotta minus lines were removed. Shared lines have a space marker.
  3. Read the line numbers: the first column refers to the original, the second to the revision. A dash means that side has no corresponding line.
  4. Copy the record to use elsewhere. Editing either input clears the previous result so it cannot be mistaken for a fresh comparison.

A few useful gestures

Load example replaces both inputs with a marked sample. Swap sides reverses the versions. Clear removes both inputs and the result. All controls work with a keyboard; Tab moves between them and Enter activates buttons.

Open the workspace ↗

Further reading

Reading a line diff ↗