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Microsoft Excel

A licensed installation of Microsoft Excel on the octoplant server or an agent is required for a comparison of Excel documents. The comparator for Microsoft Excel is integrated in the Excel component type, you can find this in the Microsoft directory.

Figure: Create new component dialog, Microsoft Excel component type

Info

The comparator of Excel supports the file formats xls, xls?, xlt, xlt? and csv. The question mark ? stands for all possible endings of the respective file format.

Integration features

  • Detailed comparison for all documents (version detailed comparison)
  • Automatic detection of differences between changes in the document and the current version on the server (Backup detailed comparison, version and backup detailed comparison)
  • Clear presentation of complete change history
  • Automated backup in the form of jobs