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One bit of [[legaltech]] that [[legal eagles]] never had trouble adopting was document comparison software. Over the years this kit has gone by different names: Americans call it “redline”, Brits “blackline” — we think this is a function of relative printer sophistication either side of the Atlantic — and by reference various proprietary brands: Comparite, DeltaView, and [[Microsoft Word]]’s built in function, “Track Changes” — but all do the same job to some degree of proficiency: comparing two versions of the same bit of text and “[[Mark-up|marking them up]]”.
 
Here is an extract from [[Hunter Barkley]]’s forthcoming [[Opco Boone]] novella, {{br|Deltaview Force: An Opco Boone Adventure}}:
 
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[[Opco Boone|Boone]] fixed [[A.J. Paul|A.J.]] with a hard stare. “All right, kid, in you go. Let’s throw a [[redline]] around the immediate area.”
 
A.J. followed up with a static-mount diff-sensor. He rookie unclipped the stabilisers and set the unit on the floor. He punched in the coordinates and it emitted a sheet of red light.
 
''Okay, everyone hold still now.''
 
The diff-sensor swept for semantic content. A.J. watched the display. The hourglass flipped. It flipped again. After a few moments it rendered:  ''zeroes across the board''.
 
“We’re clean, sir. No material alterations. The text-field is Delta-1 as we left it.”
 
Boone looked concerned. “Odd. To what significance?”
 
“To one decimal place, Commander.”
 
“Okay. Run it to three, soldier.”
 
The kid re-ran the analytics. The diff binoc whistled and beeped.
 
A.J. shrugged. “Point nine-nine-seven. As good as clean, sir. You could eat your dinner off that.”
 
''As good as'' clean, but ''not'' clean. ''Interesting''. “Recalibrate it, lad. Let’s go find those missing diffs.”}}
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*[[Opco Boone]]

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