WinDiff Menus

You can use the File menu to define selection, naming, and printing options.

Menu Command	Description
CompareFiles	Displays the FileOpen dialog box, in which you can enter the names of two files to compare.
CompareDirectories	Displays the SelectDirectories dialog box, in which you can enter the names of two directories to compare.
Abort	Terminates a file-scanning operation. This menu selection is unavailable until a scanning operation is initiated.
SaveFileList	Displays the SaveFileList dialog box, in which you can specify the output file where the comparison results are to be written.
CopyFiles	Displays the CopyFiles dialog box, in which you can specify files to be copied from one directory to another.
Print	Prints the comparison results.
Exit	Terminates WinDiff.

You can use the Edit menu to designate the text editor you want to use and to specify which files to display for editing.

Menu Command	Description
Edit Left File	Displays the contents of the first (left) file using the default Notepad editor.
Edit Right File	Displays the contents of the second (right) file using the default Notepad editor.
Edit Composite File	Displays both files using the default Notepad editor.
Set Editor	Displays a WinDiff dialog box, in which you can specify the editor to be used for the preceding operations. By default, Notepad is used.

You can use the View menu to compare both the content and graphical representation of two files.

Menu Command	Description
Outline	Displays only the list of filenames (equivalent to the Outline button).
Expand	Displays comparison of the contents of selected files (equivalent to the Expand button).
Picture	Displays a graphical representation of the contents of the two files.
PreviousChange	Goes directly to previous area of the file that was changed (if any).
NextChange	Goes directly to next area of the file that was changed (if any).
RescanSelectedFile	Recompares the selected file. This allows you to try again if WinDiff is unable to read a file for some reason.

You can use the Expand menu to display changed lines in the selected file. You can also turn off the display of line numbers.

Menu Command	Description
Left File Only	Expands only the first (left) file, with changed lines colored appropriately.
Right File Only	Expands only the second (right) file, with changed lines colored appropriately.
Both Files	Expands both files, with changed lines colored appropriately.
Left Line Numbers	Displays line numbers for the first (left) file.
Right Line Numbers	Displays line numbers for the second (right) file.
No Line Numbers	Turns off the line number display.

You can use the Options menu to specify file comparison criteria.

Menu Command	Description
Ignore Blanks	Ignores blank spaces in the expanded view, so that lines differing only in the amount of white space are shown as identical.
Mono Colours	Displays differences in black and white only.
Show Identical Files	In outline view, displays files that are identical.
Show Left-Only Files	In outline view, displays files that appear only in the first (left) path.
Show Right-Only Files	In outline view, displays files that appear only in the second (right) path.
Show Different Files	In outline view, displays files that are in both paths, but are different.

You can use the Mark menu to mark comparison results.

Menu Command	Description
Mark File	Marks selected comparison results.
Mark Pattern	Displays the MarkFiles dialog box, in which you can specify the file marking pattern.
Hide Marked Files	Hides all marked files.
Toggle Marked State	Reverses the marked status of marked and unmarked files.

You can use the Help menu to display information about WinDiff.

Menu Command	Description
Contents	Displays the contents of the WinDiff help file.
About	Displays copyright and version information about WinDiff.

File Menu