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How to check what changed in a contract
Redlines only show what the other side chose to track. Comparing the two PDFs themselves shows every change, including edits made without tracking, a moved decimal or a swapped date.
Step by step
- 1Open Compare PDF.
- 2Drop your version on the left and the revised version on the right.
- 3Press Compare.
- 4Read the list of changes under each page; old text is marked in red, new text in green.
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Open Compare PDFTips
- ✓Pay special attention to numbers, dates and words like may, must, shall and not.
- ✓If pages were inserted, compare matching sections separately after extracting them.
Questions people ask
+Does this replace a lawyer's review?
No. It shows what changed. Deciding whether the change is acceptable is up to you and your advisers.
+Can I compare scanned contracts?
Visual changes are marked on scans. Run OCR PDF on both first for word level changes.
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