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WinMerge 2.16 Help Next WinMerge 2.16 Help Kimmo Varis Denis Bradford Dean Grimm Laurent Ganier Tim Gerundt Perry Rapp Christian List and all others who helped with this. Revision 1.7.5 Copyright © 2004-2022 Thingamahoochie Software Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders. Table of Contents About WinMerge Help 1. Audience and scope 2. How to access Help 3. How to use Help 4. Documentation conventions Quick start 1. Selecting files and folders to compare 2. Comparing folders 3. Comparing files Introduction to WinMerge 1. WinMerge versions 2. Getting support and reporting bugs 3. WinMerge source code and development Getting and installing WinMerge 1. Getting files 2. Compatibility 3. Using the installer (recommended) 4. Installing from an archive 5. Enabling Windows Explorer shell integration without the installer Overview of file comparing and merging 1. Comparing files 2. Merging files Opening files and folders 1. Select Files or Folders dialog 2. Launching WinMerge operations in Windows Explorer 3. Using Drag and drop 4. Project files Comparing and merging folders 1. Starting a folder compare operation 2. Folder Compare window 3. File operations in Folder Compare 4. Browsing folders in the Folder Compare window 5. Customizing the Folder Compare window 6. Using Windows shell commands from the Folder Compare window Comparing and merging text files 1. Starting a file compare operation 2. File Compare window 3. Navigating differences 4. Syncronization points 5. Merging differences Comparing in hexadecimal format Comparing in table format 1. Comparing in table format 2. Table format settings 3. Table format-specific operations Comparing image files 1. Starting a image compare operation 2. Image Compare window Comparing Web pages Options and configuration 1. Importing and Exporting options 2. General page 3. Compare General page 4. Compare Folder page 5. Compare Table page 6. Compare Binary page 7. Compare Image page 8. Editor page 9. Colors page 10. Differences Colors page 11. Syntax Colors page 12. Text Colors page 13. Marker Colors page 14. Folder Compare Colors page 15. Archive Support page 16. System page 17. Backup Files page 18. Codepage page 19. Shell Integration page Locale support 1. Configuring the localization 2. Changing the WinMerge interface language 3. Available WinMerge localizations 4. Reporting errors in translation 5. Submitting a new translation Plugins 1. Plugin Types 2. Suggested plugins and automatic modes 3. Applying plugins 4. Available plugins 5. Requirements Using Filters 1. Using file masks 2. Using file filters 3. Using line filters 4. Using substitution filters 5. Using the Filters dialog 6. Getting help with regular expressions Command line Using WinMerge with other tools 1. Using the command-line interface (CLI) 2. Using WinMerge with version control systems Frequently asked questions 1. General questions 2. File comparing 3. Questions about editor 4. WinMerge as external compare or diff-tool 5. Archive support 6. Text encoding (codepages) 7. Patch files A. Shortcut keys Index Next About WinMerge...