We have introduced how to compare two Word documents in C# and VB.NET. From Spire.Doc V8.12.14, it supports to get the differences between two Word documents in a structure list. This article will show you how to use Spire.Doc to get the differences by comparing two Word documents.

C#
using Spire.Doc;
using Spire.Doc.Documents;
using Spire.Doc.Fields;
using Spire.Doc.Formatting.Revisions;
using System;

namespace GetWordDifferences
    {
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)

        {
            //Load the first Word document
            Document doc1 = new Document();
            doc1.LoadFromFile("Sample1.docx");

            //Load the second Word document
            Document doc2 = new Document();
            doc2.LoadFromFile("Sample2.docx");

            //Compare the two Word documents
            doc1.Compare(doc2, "Author");

            foreach (Section sec in doc1.Sections)
            {
                foreach (DocumentObject docItem in sec.Body.ChildObjects)
                {
                    if (docItem is Paragraph)
{
                        Paragraph para = docItem as Paragraph;
                        if (para.IsInsertRevision)
                        { 
                            EditRevision insRevison = para.InsertRevision;
                            EditRevisionType insType = insRevison.Type; 
                            string insAuthor = insRevison.Author; 
                            DateTime insDateTime = insRevison.DateTime; 
                        }

                        else if (para.IsDeleteRevision)
                        { 
                            EditRevision delRevison = para.DeleteRevision; 
                            EditRevisionType delType = delRevison.Type; 
                            string delAuthor = delRevison.Author; 
                            DateTime delDateTime = delRevison.DateTime; 
                        }

                        foreach (ParagraphBase paraItem in para.ChildObjects)
                        {
                            if (paraItem.IsInsertRevision)
                            { 
                                EditRevision insRevison = paraItem.InsertRevision; 
                                EditRevisionType insType = insRevison.Type; 
                                string insAuthor = insRevison.Author; 
                                DateTime insDateTime = insRevison.DateTime; 
                            }

                            else if (paraItem.IsDeleteRevision)
                            { 
                                EditRevision delRevison = paraItem.DeleteRevision; 
                                EditRevisionType delType = delRevison.Type; 
                                string delAuthor = delRevison.Author; 
                                DateTime delDateTime = delRevison.DateTime; 
                            }

                        }
                    }
                }
            }

            //Get the difference about revisions
            DifferRevisions differRevisions = new DifferRevisions(doc1);
            var insetRevisionsList = differRevisions.InsertRevisions;
            var deletRevisionsList = differRevisions.DeleteRevisions;      
        }
    }
 }
VB.NET
Imports Spire.Doc
Imports Spire.Doc.Documents
Imports Spire.Doc.Fields
Imports Spire.Doc.Formatting.Revisions
Imports System

Namespace GetWordDifferences
    
    Class Program
        
        Private Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
            'Load the first Word document
            Dim doc1 As Document = New Document
            doc1.LoadFromFile("Sample1.docx")
            'Load the second Word document
            Dim doc2 As Document = New Document
            doc2.LoadFromFile("Sample2.docx")
            'Compare the two Word documents
            doc1.Compare(doc2, "Author")
            For Each sec As Section In doc1.Sections
                For Each docItem As DocumentObject In sec.Body.ChildObjects
                    If (TypeOf docItem Is Paragraph) Then
                        Dim para As Paragraph = CType(docItem,Paragraph)
                        If para.IsInsertRevision Then
                            Dim insRevison As EditRevision = para.InsertRevision
                            Dim insType As EditRevisionType = insRevison.Type
                            Dim insAuthor As String = insRevison.Author
                            Dim insDateTime As DateTime = insRevison.DateTime
                        ElseIf para.IsDeleteRevision Then
                            Dim delRevison As EditRevision = para.DeleteRevision
                            Dim delType As EditRevisionType = delRevison.Type
                            Dim delAuthor As String = delRevison.Author
                            Dim delDateTime As DateTime = delRevison.DateTime
                        End If
                        
                        For Each paraItem As ParagraphBase In para.ChildObjects
                            If paraItem.IsInsertRevision Then
                                Dim insRevison As EditRevision = paraItem.InsertRevision
                                Dim insType As EditRevisionType = insRevison.Type
                                Dim insAuthor As String = insRevison.Author
                                Dim insDateTime As DateTime = insRevison.DateTime
                            ElseIf paraItem.IsDeleteRevision Then
                                Dim delRevison As EditRevision = paraItem.DeleteRevision
                                Dim delType As EditRevisionType = delRevison.Type
                                Dim delAuthor As String = delRevison.Author
                                Dim delDateTime As DateTime = delRevison.DateTime
                            End If
                            
                        Next
                    End If
                    
                Next
            Next
            'Get the difference about revisions
            Dim differRevisions As DifferRevisions = New DifferRevisions(doc1)
            Dim insetRevisionsList = differRevisions.InsertRevisions
            Dim deletRevisionsList = differRevisions.DeleteRevisions
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Hide or display layers in PDF in Java

2020-12-29 07:12:14 Written by Koohji

This article will demonstrate how to hide and display Layers in a PDF document using Spire.PDF for Java.

Hide all layers:

import com.spire.pdf.*;
import com.spire.pdf.graphics.layer.*;

public class invisibleAllPdfLayers {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        //Load the sample document
        PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
        doc.loadFromFile("layerSample.pdf");

        for (int i = 0; i < doc.getLayers().getCount(); i++)
        {
            //Show all the Pdf layers
            //doc.getLayers().get(i).setVisibility(PdfVisibility.On);
            //Set all the Pdf layers invisible
            doc.getLayers().get(i).setVisibility(PdfVisibility.Off);
        }

        //Save to document to file
        doc.saveToFile("output/invisibleAllPdfLayers.pdf", FileFormat.PDF);
    }
}

Hide or display layers in PDF in Java

Hide some of the PDF layers:

import com.spire.pdf.*;
import com.spire.pdf.graphics.layer.*;

public class invisibleParticularPdfLayers {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        //Load the sample document
        PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
        doc.loadFromFile("layerSample.pdf");

        //Hide the first layer by index
        doc.getLayers().get(0).setVisibility(PdfVisibility.Off);

        //Hide the layer by name with blue line1
        for (int i = 0; i < doc.getLayers().getCount(); i++)
        {
            if("blue line1".equals(doc.getLayers().get(i).getName())){
                doc.getLayers().get(i).setVisibility(PdfVisibility.Off);
            }
        }

        //Save to document to file
        doc.saveToFile("output/invisiblePaticularPdfLayers.pdf", FileFormat.PDF);
    }
}

Hide or display layers in PDF in Java

This article will demonstrate how to expand or collapse the bookmarks when viewing the PDF files.

Expand all bookmarks on PDF

import com.spire.pdf.PdfDocument;

public class expandBookmarks {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
        doc.loadFromFile("Sample.pdf");

        //Set true to expand all bookmarks; set false to collapse all bookmarks
        doc.getViewerPreferences().setBookMarkExpandOrCollapse(true);

        doc.saveToFile("output/expandAllBookmarks_out.pdf");
        doc.close();
    }
}

Output:

Java expand and collapse the bookmarks for PDF

Expand specific bookmarks on PDF

import com.spire.pdf.PdfDocument;
import com.spire.pdf.bookmarks.*;

public class expandSpecificBookmarks {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
        doc.loadFromFile("Sample.pdf");

        //Set BookMarkExpandOrCollapse as "true" for the first bookmarks
        doc.getBookmarks().get(0).setExpandBookmark(true);

        //Set BookMarkExpandOrCollapse as "false" for the first level of the second bookmarks
        PdfBookmarkCollection pdfBookmark = doc.getBookmarks().get(1);
        pdfBookmark.get(0).setExpandBookmark(false);

        doc.saveToFile("output/expandSpecificBookmarks_out.pdf");
        doc.close();
    }
}

Only expand the first bookmarks

Java expand and collapse the bookmarks for PDF

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