Compare Documents and PDFs For Changes and Accuracy

Advanced PDF and Document Comparison
 Compare one document against multiple modified versions or revisions within context of one another. Workshare Professional utilizes an industry - leading document comparison engine to excel at long and complex documents as well as comparing auto-numbered paragraphs, font changes and complicated formatting, even in tables.

Compare One Document to Multiple Versions
 Compare more than two documents at one time including comparing Word-to-Word, PDF-to-PDF, and Word to text-based PDF. Reduce document errors as you identify all document changes including edits made to embedded objects, images and Excel tables.

Comparison of Embedded Excel Tables
 You can now accurately compare Microsoft Excel tables that are embedded in Microsoft Word documents.

Image Comparison
Workshare Professional's comparison functionality now includes the comparison of images. After running a comparison you will see whether an image has been modified, deleted or inserted.

Compare PDF Documents
 The differences between two versions of a text-based PDF document are automatically highlighted, including text and images, so you can quickly and easily identify what has changed.

Comparison Speed
 Running a document comparison is 8x-10x faster than the original DeltaView comparison engine.

Multiple Comparison Interfaces
 Compare email attachments directly from your email application, utilize the standalone document comparison tool from the desktop without launching Microsoft Word, or work within Microsoft Word to compare documents without having to learn a new software application.

Unicode Compliance
 Complete support for Unicode language documents and operating systems.

Collaborate Through Shared Document Reviews

Manage and Track Document Reviews
 Give authors, delegates and reviewers an easy means to assemble, review, and verify document changes as they work in parallel on the same document. .

Manage Edits and Changes
 A synchronized 3-pane view allows you to manage changes from multiple documents at the same time. Utilize Workshare change functionality, or Microsoft Track Changes, to manage comments and accept/reject PDF and Word document changes.

Single Master Tracking
 Ensure the correct version of a document is under review by colleagues, clients, and partners regardless of where the document is stored. Capture document reviews sent to you from anywhere and ensure you always work on the correct master version.

Category View New
 You can view changes by selected categories, such as matching changes, numbering changes, punctuation changes, spelling corrections, and style changes. You can also select specific categories of changes requiring immediate attention from other document reviewers.

Full Document Version Control
 Document version control is simple and easy, regardless of the number of collaborators. Preserve document formatting and page layout with version control between email attachments and document repositories.

Document Redlining Made Simple
 Implement changes shown in the redline document using Microsoft Word Track Changes, email redlines with all changes converted to Microsoft Track Changes, or save redlines as a PDF document.

Collaborate on PDF Documents
 Convert text-based PDF documents into Microsoft Word for editing, and accept and reject changes to PDF documents.

Advanced Accuracy
 Accurately compare complex documents (100+ pages) at the paragraph, line, character and word level. The advanced document comparison engine also compares embedded tables, numbering, bullets, table of contents, lists, field codes, and complex formatting.

Create and Share PDF Documents

Create PDF Files
 Create PDF documents from any application or document management system.

Combine Content into a PDF Portfolio Enhanced
 Combine many different files such as documents, emails, spreadsheets and graphics into one PDF portfolio. Clean metadata before conversion, apply security settings, manipulate and organize pages, and save the state of your binder as a workbook.

Full PDF Security
 Through policy rules your organization can enforce PDF creation with 128-bit encryption, signing and restriction rules. Content leaving the organization is secure PDF/A ISO compliant and can limit access with password protection and usage restrictions for printing, copying or altering.

Risk Detection
 Risk detection runs in the background and alerts you to potential security risks and allows you to remove hidden content or metadata prior to PDF conversion.

Preview PDF Conversions
 When converting files to PDF you can now preview the PDF before sending your email.

Metadata Management

Metadata Removal Enhanced
 Ensure total cleanup and removal of all hidden electronic information, such as metadata, notes, and hidden comments in your Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) files.

PDF Metadata Cleaning New
 Remove metadata from PDF attachments, including markups, properties and bookmarks.

Batch Metadata Cleaning
 Select any number of files and run batch metadata cleaning utilizing your metadata removal policies.

Multiple Metadata Removal Options Enhanced
 Users can easily remove metadata with the one-click removal option, or an organization can set an automated policy to make metadata removal transparent to the user.

Protect and Control Sensitive Information

Permanently Remove Sensitive Information
 You can now redact (black out) selected content in Microsoft Word (DOC and DOCX) documents so that it is no longer discernible. Use redaction tools to black out sensitive information and permanently delete the content from your document.

Metadata Discovery in Protected Documents
 Receive alerts for password-protected documents, zipped documents, and documents with restricted editing rights that contain metadata.

Preview Cleaned Attachments
 When cleaning email attachments you can now preview the cleaned attachment before sending your email.

Document Classification
 Easily restrict access to sensitive business documents by setting document classification. This classification controls the distribution of documents by email - it can prevent documents from being emailed to specific internal users, or to external users, or it can alert users to the potentially sensitive nature of the document they are attempting to email.

Audit & Reporting
 Every document change made inside and outside of the organization is tracked and available for auditing and reporting.

Extend the Microsoft Office Document Inspector
 Extend the Office Document Inspector to provide best practice or configurable policies for confidential data protection including policy-enforced document rights.

Extend, Manage, Integrate

Workshare Configuration Manager Enhanced
 Configure all settings for a machine or for the current user with Configuration Manager. Administrator Mode is available as standalone installation, supports setting changes by authorized user, and provides search functionality to quickly identify configuration parameters.

Advanced Metadata Management Enhanced
 Have metadata removal processed by Workshare Protect Server and enforce metadata policies across your entire organization. Workshare Protect Server provides metadata removal when using corporate webmail via an iPhone, BlackBerry, or other mobile device.

Convert and Compare Image-Based Documents
 Convert and compare scanned documents, images and faxes when used with the Workshare OCR Server.

Extend Your Document Management System (DMS)
 Leverage Workshare Professional with your existing document management system to improve security and version control when exchanging documents inside and outside your organization. Review the optional integrations to discover how to track the correct master document version, leverage DMS classifications, protect documents wherever they move, and provide a complete audit trail across the entire document lifecycle.

Integrate with Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Enhanced
 Utilize the document review and comparison capabilities of Workshare Professional along with SharePoint 2010. Workshare Professional also integrates with Workshare Point to simplify document management and increase adoption of SharePoint.