Table Compare Commands
Description: Following is a description of the Table Compare commands, in addition to the common commands. Most of these commands are available as toolbar buttons.
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Following is a description of the Table Compare commands, in addition to the common commands. Most of these commands are available as toolbar buttons.

Pick Tools > Options and switch to the Commands page to define your own keyboard shortcuts, and hide or expose commands on the menus and toolbars.

The Session menu

| Save Session | Saves the current session.
| Save Session As | Saves the current session under a new name.
| Session Settings | Opens the Table Compare Session Settings dialog.
| Locked | Locks or unlocks current session.
| Clear Session | Replaces the current view with an empty Table Compare.
| Swap Sides | Exchanges the left and right files.
| Reload Files | Reloads the displayed files, prompting to save first if necessary.
| Recompare Files | Recompares the displayed files, preserving edits, but not undoability.
| Table Compare Report | Produces the Table Compare report.
| Table Compare Info | Displays comparison statistics.
| Compare Files Using | Opens the displayed files in a new session using a different class of file view.
| Compare Parent Folders | Opens a new Folder Compare session based on the parent folders of the currently loaded files.

The File menu

| Open File | Opens an existing file into the picked pane.
| Open File on File System * | Opens an existing local file into the picked pane.
| Open File Using Profile * | Opens an existing file into the picked pane using a profile.
| Open Clipboard | Loads the Clipboard contents into the picked pane.
| Open With | Opens the picked pane's file in one of the external Open With applications.
| Open With > Associated Application | Opens the picked pane's file with its associated application.
| Open With > Text Edit | Opens the picked pane's file with the built-in text editor.
| Save File | Saves the modified file from the picked pane.
| Save File As | Saves the file from the picked pane with a new name.
| Save File on File System As * | Saves the file from the picked pane with a new name on the file system.
| Save File Using Profile As * | Saves the file from the picked pane with a new name using a profile.
| Explorer | Displays the file manager's context menu for the file in the picked pane.

The Edit menu

| Undo | Undoes previous action.
| Redo | Redoes previously undone action.
| Align With | Allows you to select a row, and then click on a row on the other side to force them to be side-by-side.
| Copy to Right / Copy to Left * | Copies selected rows to indicated side.
| Copy to Other Side | Copies selected rows to opposite side. The caption and icon appear as Copy to Right or Copy to Left depending on the current side.
| Copy Cell to Right / Copy Cell to Left * | Copies selected cells to indicated side.
| Copy Cell to Other Side | Copies selected cells to other side. The caption and icon appear as Copy Cell to Right or Copy Cell to Left depending on the current side.
| Cut / Copy / Paste / Delete | Standard editing commands.
| Delete Row | Deletes selected rows.
| Delete Column | Deletes selected columns.
| Insert Row Before | Inserts new row above current row.
| Insert Row After | Inserts new row below current row.
| Insert Column Before | Inserts new column to the left of current column.
| Insert Column After | Inserts new column to the right of current column.
| Modify | Toggles edit mode on current cell.
| Sort | Sorts selected data.
| Select All | Selects all visible rows in the current pane.

The Search menu

| Next Difference Cell | Positions at next difference cell.
| Previous Difference Cell | Positions at previous difference cell.
| Next Difference Row | Positions at next difference row.
| Previous Difference Row | Positions at previous difference row.
| Next Difference Sheet | Positions at next difference sheet.
| Previous Difference Sheet | Positions at previous difference sheet.
| Next Difference Files | Opens the parent folder session's next pair of files with differences. (Child sessions only.)
| Previous Difference Files | Opens the parent folder session's previous pair of files with differences. (Child sessions only.)
| Copy File to Right and Open Next Difference | Copies the entire left-side file to the right and opens the folder session's next different files. (Child sessions only.)
| Copy File to Left and Open Next Difference | Copies the entire right-side file to the left and opens the folder session's next different files. (Child sessions only.)
| Next Edit | Positions at the next edited row beyond the cursor.
| Previous Edit | Positions at previous edited row before the cursor.
| Find | Searches for matching text.
| Replace | Replaces matching text.
| Find Next | Finds next occurrence of search string.
| Find Previous | Finds previous occurrence of search string.
| Go To | Positions at specified row and column.

The View menu

| Show All | Shows all rows, with or without differences.
| Show Differences | Shows only rows with differences.
| Show Same | Shows only rows without differences.
| Show None * | Hides all rows.
| Ignore Unimportant Differences | Treats unimportant differences as same.
| Hide Same Columns | Hides columns with no differences.
| Resize Columns to Fit | Makes columns wide enough for data to be fully visible.
| Visible Whitespace | Shows or hides visible spaces, tabs.
| Row Numbers | Shows or hides row numbers.
| Display Font * | Selects the font to use to display file data.
| Increase Display Font Size * | Increases editor font size.
| Decrease Display Font Size * | Decreases editor font size.
| Reset Display Font Size * | Resets editor font size.
| Side-by-Side Layout | Arranges panes left and right of each other.
| Over-Under Layout | Arranges panes above and below each other.
| Thumbnail | Shows or hides the thumbnail summary of changes at left of view.
| Text Details | Shows or hides the text details panel at bottom of view.
| File Info | Shows or hides file information panels at the top of panes.
| Toolbar | Shows or hides the toolbar.

* Hidden by default.