Compare DOTX Files in C# .NET

.NET documents comparison API to detect the changes between two versions of DOTX files and export to a final document with a detailed summary of the differences between the compared documents.


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About GroupDocs.Comparison for .NET API

GroupDocs.Comparison for .NET is a native .NET API for comparing multiple images and documents of the same format. It helps you detect the differences within paragraphs, words, characters, shapes, even the text styles of the compared documents, merge the changes and export to a final document. It supports comparing and merging PDF, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, Visio diagrams, Outlook emails, HTML, drawings and image file formats without using any external library.

Steps for Comparing DOTX Files in C#

GroupDocs.Comparison makes it easy for .NET developers to compare & merge multiple DOTX files in their applications by implementing a few easy steps.

  • Instantiate Comparer object with source document path or stream.
  • Call Add method and specify target document path or stream. Repeat this step for every target document.
  • Call Compare method.

System Requirements

GroupDocs.Comparison for .NET APIs are supported on all major platforms and operating systems. Before executing the code below, please make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your system.

  • Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows, Linux, MacOS
  • Development Environments: Microsoft Visual Studio, Xamarin, MonoDevelop
  • Frameworks: .NET Framework, .NET Standard, .NET Core, Mono
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// Compare multiple documents from local disk

using (Comparer comparer = new Comparer("source.dotx"))
{
	comparer.Add("target1.dotx");
    comparer.Add("target2.dotx");
    comparer.Add("target3.dotx");
    comparer.Compare("result.dotx"); // Create result file with the specified name
}

// Compare multiple documents from stream

using (Comparer comparer = new Comparer(File.OpenRead("source.dotx")))
{
	comparer.Add(File.OpenRead("target1.dotx"));
    comparer.Add(File.OpenRead("target2.dotx"));
    comparer.Add(File.OpenRead("target3.dotx"));
    comparer.Compare(File.Create("result.dotx")); // Create result file with the specified name
}

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About DOTX File Format

Files with DOTX extension are template files created by Microsoft Word to have pre-formatted settings for generation of further DOCX files. A template file is created in order to have specific user settings that should be applied to subsequent flies created from these. These settings include page margins, borders, headers, footers, and other page settings. Such templates are used in official documents such as company letterheads and standardized forms. The DOTX file format was introduced with the release of Microsoft Office 2007 to replace the binary DOT file format, but is supported by higher versions as well. Microsoft Word by default opens every new document based on normal.dot file. If modified, all the new files created will result in same settings as from the template file. In Microsoft Word 2007, the DOT file format has been replaced with Office OpenXML based DOTX file format.

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Comparing Other File Formats

Multi format documents and images comparison API for .NET. Analyse the differences between documents of the same format without using any external tool.

Compare PDF Files

(Adobe Portable Document Format)

Compare DOC Files

(Microsoft Word Document)

Compare DOCM Files

(Microsoft Word Macro-Enabled Document)

Compare DOCX Files

(Microsoft Word Open XML Document)

Compare DOT Files

(Microsoft Word Document Template)

Compare DOTM Files

(Microsoft Word Macro-Enabled Template)

Compare DOTX Files

(Word Open XML Document Template)

Compare RTF Files

(Rich Text File Format)

Compare TXT Files

(Plain Text File Format)

Compare XLS Files

(Microsoft Excel Binary File Format)

Compare XLSX Files

(Microsoft Excel Open XML Spreadsheet)

Compare XLTM Files

(Microsoft Excel macro-enabled template)

Compare XLSM Files

(Microsoft Excel Macro-Enabled Spreadsheet)

Compare XLSB Files

(Microsoft Excel Binary Spreadsheet File)

Compare CSV Files

(Comma Separated Values File)

Compare PPT Files

(PowerPoint Presentation)

Compare PPS Files

(Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show)

Compare PPTX Files

(PowerPoint Open XML Presentation)

Compare PPSX Files

(PowerPoint Open XML Slide Show)

Compare POT Files

(Microsoft PowerPoint template)

Compare POTX Files

(Microsoft PowerPoint Open XML Template)

Compare ODS Files

(Open Document Spreadsheet)

Compare ODP Files

(OpenDocument Presentation File Format)

Compare OTP Files

(Origin Graph Template)

Compare ODT Files

(Open Document Text)

Compare OTT Files

(Open Document Template)

Compare VST Files

(Microsoft Visio 2003-2010 XML Drawing)

Compare JPEG Files

(JPEG Image)

Compare PNG Files

(Portable Network Graphic)

Compare GIF Files

(Graphical Interchange Format File)

Compare BMP Files

(Bitmap File Format)

Compare HTML Files

(Hyper Text Markup Language)

Compare MHTML Files

(MIME Encapsulation of Aggregate HTML)

Compare MSG Files

(Microsoft Outlook E-mail Message)

Compare EML Files

(E-mail Message)

Compare EMLX Files

(Apple Mail E-mail File)

Compare ONE Files

(Microsoft OneNote)

Compare VSD Files

(Microsoft Visio 2003-2010 Drawing)

Compare VSDX Files

(Microsoft Visio Drawing)

Compare VSS Files

(Microsoft Visio 2003-2010 Stencil)

Compare VST Files

(Microsoft Visio 2003-2010 Template)

Compare VDX Files

(Microsoft Visio 2003-2010 XML Drawing)

Compare CS Files

(CSharp Language)

Compare Java Files

(Java Language)

Compare CPP Files

(C++ Language)

Compare JS Files

(JavaScript Language)

Compare PY Files

(Python Language)

Compare RB Files

(Ruby Language)

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