Format-aware comparison guides

Compare PDF, DOCX, and plain text in Foldly

These pages explain what Foldly compares directly, what it extracts from document files, and when a text-level comparison is the right tool.

Generic document files become extracted text columns with highlighted differences in a comparison workspace.
Use these pages when the first question is whether two source formats can be compared cleanly.

Source Comparison Pages

Compare PDF text with DOCX text in one workflow

Understand how to compare PDF text and DOCX text in Foldly, what extraction means, and when this workflow is useful for exported and source documents.

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Compare PDF text with a plain-text draft

Use Foldly to compare extracted PDF text with a plain-text working draft, and understand the caveats around PDF extraction and layout loss.

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Compare DOCX text with a plain-text source

Compare DOCX text against a plain-text draft in Foldly, and understand when this workflow helps editorial review or source-of-truth checks.

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