4. Diffing a document step-by-step

Overview

This tutorial will walk you through steps to diff a document in your timebag.

Diffing a document

One day, our leading character, Andy, wants to view his mobile timebag to see the change history of a Microsoft Word document called "Support us.doc".

Here're his steps.

  1. Andy launches AOcell vSync and plugs in his USB Flash Drive.

    Right away, AOcell vSync finds his timebag as shown below:

    Figure 24. Andy's timebag shown in the timebag list

    Andy's timebag shown in the timebag list


  2. Andy starts the timebag inspector by clicking the menu item "Timebag - What's in it/take me back to the past...".

    Figure 25. Menu item to start timebag inspector

    Menu item to start timebag inspector


  3. The timebag inspector appears.

    Figure 26. The timebag inspector appears

    The timebag inspector appears


  4. Andy clicks the link "Support us.doc". The detail of the document "Support us.doc" shows.

    Figure 27. Detail of the document "Support us.doc"

    Detail of the document "Support us.doc"


    [Tip]Tip

    From the screenshot above, the document "Support us.doc" has 5 revisions: 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.

  5. Andy clicks the link "View" besides the revision number "4". AOcell vSync shows the snapshot of revision 4 of this document.

    Figure 28. Snapshot of revision 4 of the document "Support us.doc"

    Snapshot of revision 4 of the document "Support us.doc"


  6. Andy clicks the button "Backward" and clicks the link "Diff to previous 4".

    AOcell vSync shows the differences between revision 4 and revision 5 of the document "Support us.doc" in a visual and colorful way.

    Figure 29. Differences between revision 4 and revision 5 of the document "Support us.doc"

    Differences between revision 4 and revision 5 of the document "Support us.doc"


    [Tip]Tip

    From the screenshot above, we can tell that the lines in yellow, green and pink are changed in revision 5.

  7. Andy clicks the button "Backward" and clicks the link "Diff to previous 3".

    AOcell vSync shows the differences between revision 3 and revision 4 of the document "Support us.doc" in a visual and colorful way.

    Figure 30. Differences between revision 3 and revision 4 of the document "Support us.doc"

    Differences between revision 3 and revision 4 of the document "Support us.doc"


    [Tip]Tip

    From the screenshot above, we can tell that the lines in green are added in revision 4.

That's all. Enjoy fully tracking history of your documents.