[E-trademarks] Comparison of Text and Using Outlook

[Orvis PC]

I found a solution that works great for me and and sharing if others need
it. It requires Litera. https://www.litera.com/.

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.

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.

P.S. For you patent attorneys considering .docx filings, the "touchup
tools" button has a "convert all numbering" to text button.

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.
https://workshare.my.salesforce-sites.com/knowledgebase/servlet/fileField?id=0BE0d0000008wq7.
I don't have Salfesforce.

I hope this helps.


On Thu, Jan 4, 2024 at 2:35 PM Orvis PC <orvispc at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> 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.
>
> I typically use https://www.ddginc-usa.com/text-compare-tool.htm. 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.
>
> 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.
>
> I  hope one of you figured this out. Thanks.
>
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