<div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">I found a solution that works great for me and and sharing if others need it. It requires Litera. <a href="https://www.litera.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.litera.com/</a>. <div><br></div><div>In the Word ribbon, Litera has a tab with a few helpful things. First, a "selective compare" button displays two fields where you can paste text, and run a comparison. Next, the software allows one to open a Word document of the comparison with either track changes or Deltaview styles. Finally, the same ribbon has a "touchup tools" button with "remove applied styles and retain formatting" option. That converts the Deltaview styles to regular text with blue underline or red strikethrough. Beneficially, this provides flexibility to either provide html text via email that looks like track changes but does not get lost and is likely to be uniformly displayed, or alternatively, creates a track changes document I can send to the client when the changes are so extensive that they may need to edit. </div><div><br></div><div>That may sound like a lot of work, but it can be completed in under a minute. I routinely receive office actions where examiners provide suggested changes but do not show all formatting (e.g., a deleted word is just gone, not strickenthrough). This is very helpful when comparing a foreign office action suggestion (e.g., Japan) that does not show deletions. </div><div><br></div><div>P.S. For you patent attorneys considering .docx filings, the "touchup tools" button has a "convert all numbering" to text button. </div><div><br></div><div>The weird thing is I cannot find anything about "Selective Compare" on Litera's website. The best description I found is from a Salesforce presentation at p. 7. <a href="https://workshare.my.salesforce-sites.com/knowledgebase/servlet/fileField?id=0BE0d0000008wq7" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://workshare.my.salesforce-sites.com/knowledgebase/servlet/fileField?id=0BE0d0000008wq7</a>. I don't have Salfesforce. </div><div><br></div><div>I hope this helps. </div><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 4, 2024 at 2:35 PM Orvis PC <<a href="mailto:orvispc@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">orvispc@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello,<div><br></div><div>I routinely need to compare text and want to show that comparison in track changes in Outlook to a client. For example, examiners sometimes suggest proposed goods/services. I routinely copy the original goods/services, copy the examiner's proposal, and then see a bunch of changes not reflected in the proposed goods/services--the lack of transparency is not the point here. </div><div><br></div><div>I typically use <a href="https://www.ddginc-usa.com/text-compare-tool.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.ddginc-usa.com/text-compare-tool.htm</a>. It works great. But, when I copy the output (which shows additions and deletions) and paste it into Outlook, half the formatting is gone. The additions are not underlined anymore. </div><div><br></div><div>I am ultimately looking for some way to easily compare two blocks of text (without having to create two documents) and paste the comparison into outlook and have that text look like track changes. Preferably, it would be blue underline and red strikethrough. </div><div><br></div><div>I hope one of you figured this out. Thanks. </div></div>
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