Word - Compare

Overview

The 'Word - Compare' Power Automate action allows you to compare Microsoft Word and PDF documents. The action returns a new Microsoft Word (docx) document which details the differences between the documents compared.

The following file types are supported for comparison:

• docx
• dotx
• doc
• dot
• docm
• dotm
• rtf
• pdf

Credit Count

This action consumes 1 credit per operation.

Note, different Encodian actions can consume different number credits. Please always check the action specific documentation and read What is an Encodian Action for a full description of how credits are consumed.

Default Parameters

The default 'Word - Compare' flow action parameters are detailed below:

• File Content One: A Base64 encoded representation of the first file to compare.
• File Content Two: A Base64 encoded representation of the PDF file to be processed.

Please refer to the Obtaining the 'File Contents' Parameter article for guidance on how to obtain a 'File Content' parameter ready to provide to an Encodian flow action.

Advanced Parameters

The advanced 'Word - Compare' Power Automate action parameters are detailed below:

• Author: Set the name of the author used to denote differences in the output document
• Ignore Formatting: Specifies whether to ignore document formatting differences
• Case Insensitive: Specifies whether to compare differences in documents as case insensitive
• Ignore Comments: Specifies whether to compare differences in comments
• Ignore Tables: Specifies whether to compare the differences in data contained in tables
• Ignore Fields: Specifies whether to compare differences in fields. By default fields
• Ignore Footnotes: Specifies whether to compare differences in footnotes and endnotes
• Ignore Textboxes: Specifies whether to compare differences in the data contained within text boxes
• Ignore Headers and Footers: Specifies whether to compare differences in the data contained within headers and footers

Return Parameters

The 'Word - Compare' flow action returns the following data. 

Action Specific Return Values

• File Content - The processed file (Base64)

Standard Return Values

• OperationId - The unique ID assigned to this operation.
• HttpStatusCode - The HTTP Status code for the response.
• HttpStatusMessage - The HTTP Status message for the response.
• Errors - An array of error messages should an error occur.
• Operation Status - Indicates whether the operation has been completed, has been queued or has failed.