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hmTitle:"File Formats",
hmDescription:"Beyond Compare uses file formats to specify how certain types of files are to be handled.  For example, files with a .jpg or .png extension are associated with Picture Compare,...",
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hmHeader:"<h1 class=\"p_Heading1\"><span class=\"f_Heading1\">File Formats<\/span><\/h1>\n\r",
hmBody:"<p class=\"p_Normal\">Beyond Compare uses file formats to specify how certain types of files are to be handled.  For example, files with a .jpg or .png extension are associated with Picture Compare, while .c and .cpp files are recognized as having C\/C++ syntax and are handled by Text Compare.  You can modify the built-in file formats or create your own.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">File formats determine:<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\" style=\"text-indent: 0; line-height: 1.80; padding-left: 0.8125rem; margin: 0 0 0 0;\"><span class=\"f_Normal\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:0.8125rem;margin-left:-0.8125rem\">&#8226;<\/span>The type of view used for visual comparison<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\" style=\"text-indent: 0; line-height: 1.80; padding-left: 0.8125rem; margin: 0 0 0 0;\"><span class=\"f_Normal\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:0.8125rem;margin-left:-0.8125rem\">&#8226;<\/span>What conversion, if any, should be performed before comparing or saving<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\" style=\"text-indent: 0; line-height: 1.80; padding-left: 0.8125rem; margin: 0 0 0 0;\"><span class=\"f_Normal\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:0.8125rem;margin-left:-0.8125rem\">&#8226;<\/span>The syntax, or grammar, of the file\'s content<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\" style=\"text-indent: 0; line-height: 1.80; padding-left: 0.8125rem; margin: 0 0 0 0;\"><span class=\"f_Normal\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:0.8125rem;margin-left:-0.8125rem\">&#8226;<\/span>Case sensitivity of grammar elements<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\" style=\"text-indent: 0; line-height: 1.80; padding-left: 0.8125rem; margin: 0 0 0 0;\"><span class=\"f_Normal\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:0.8125rem;margin-left:-0.8125rem\">&#8226;<\/span>Tab stops<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\" style=\"text-indent: 0; line-height: 1.80; padding-left: 0.8125rem; margin: 0 0 0 0;\"><span class=\"f_Normal\" style=\"font-family: Arial,\'Lucida Sans Unicode\',\'Lucida Grande\',\'Lucida Sans\';display:inline-block;width:0.8125rem;margin-left:-0.8125rem\">&#8226;<\/span>Line weights to help the alignment process<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">File formats primarily control how the file views handle your files, but they can also affect how a folder session compares file contents.  If you use rules-based content comparison, then the folder session can limit the display to only files with important differences.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\"><span class=\"f_SeeAlso\">See also<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\"><a href=\"dlgfileformatmanager.html\" class=\"topiclink\">File Format Management<\/a><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_SingleSpaced\"><a href=\"rules_vs_file_formats.html\" class=\"topiclink\">Rules vs. File Formats<\/a><\/p>\n\r"
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