View two pdf files side-by-side

Gary

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Nov 18, 2011, 11:28:58 AM11/18/11

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I'm trying to compare two Medicare formulary documents (lists of drugs
covered by insurance) side-by-side to see what medications are covered
by one insurance policy vs. another. The information I compare might
be on page 25 for company 1, vs. page 27 for company 2, so I'd need to
by able to scroll the documents independently.

Does someone know of a tool that would be able to do this? It would
also be nice to be able to search for a word in either document.

Engineer@pnb.retired_1987 Don Schmidt

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Nov 18, 2011, 1:12:15 PM11/18/11

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"Gary" <gar...@hotline.com> wrote in message
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The way I do it is, double click file 1 and then double click file 2 (could
go on to as many files as wanted).

The reader I use is Tracker software's PDF-XChange Viewer.

http://www.tracker-software.com/product/downloads

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Don
Vancouver, USA

Peter Davis

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Nov 18, 2011, 1:14:26 PM11/18/11

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To get side by side display, with independent scrolling, I think you'd
have to just place two Acrobat (or Reader) windows side by side. You
could use search to look for specific drugs.

I think to do some kind of automated comparison, you'd have to convert
the documents to plain text. PDFs contain so much metadata about about
formatting, typefaces, etc. that it's unlikely you'd be able to compare
PDF documents from two different companies in any meaningful way.

-pd

Gary

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Nov 18, 2011, 1:35:04 PM11/18/11

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Thanks.

Way to go! Now the only question to ask is why I didn't think of that.
It works like a dream.

BTW, I can't use Tracker Software's viewed; I'm on a Mac (and would
rather do this in Mac mode rather than PC mode).

Engineer@pnb.retired_1987 Don Schmidt

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Nov 19, 2011, 12:19:06 PM11/19/11

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"Gary" <gar...@hotline.com> wrote in message

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Successful story endings are always great!

25 years ago when I got started in computers my learning was with an Atari
1040. The operating system was similar to a Mac, I think. I did like the way
programs were contained in their own folder/directory. These days I wonder
if I took the correct fork in computerland going with Microsoft. Install a
program and it puts parts in every corner of the computer; and delete a
program, bits are left all over the hard drive.

Take care,
Don

tlvp

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Nov 20, 2011, 1:43:31 AM11/20/11

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On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 09:19:06 -0800, Don Schmidt wrote:

> 25 years ago when I got started in computers my learning was with an Atari

> 1040. ... I did like the way

> programs were contained in their own folder/directory. These days I wonder
> if I took the correct fork in computerland going with Microsoft. Install a
> program and it puts parts in every corner of the computer; and delete a
> program, bits are left all over the hard drive.

Time to bring "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" into the 21st century:

Old man Gates he had a drive, EI IE oh!
And on that drive he had some programs, EI IE oh!
With a drib-drib here and a drab-drab there,
here a drib, there a drab, everywhere a drib-drab,
Old man Gates he had a drive, EI IE oh!

(You're welcome :-) .) Cheers, -- tlvp
--
Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP.

Engineer@pnb.retired_1987 Don Schmidt

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Nov 20, 2011, 12:31:00 PM11/20/11

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LOL !!

Don

tlvp

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Nov 23, 2011, 4:41:03 AM11/23/11

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YVW :-) . -- tlvp