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{{a|work|}}{{quote| | {{a|work|}}{{quote|“Comparison is the thief of joy.” — Theodore Roosevelt}} | ||
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.” | [[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.” | ||
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''As good as'' clean, but ''not'' clean. ''Interesting''. “Recalibrate it, lad. Let’s go find those missing diffs.”}} | ''As good as'' clean, but ''not'' clean. ''Interesting''. “Recalibrate it, lad. Let’s go find those missing diffs.”}} | ||
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*[[Opco Boone]] | *[[Opco Boone]] | ||