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(One colleague asked me about the usage of latexdiff , so I think it is a good time to write it up into a blog post to share with those who need some help with this.) latexdiff is a Perl script and requires an installation of Perl 5.8 or higher. Use latexdiff to mark differences and create a new LaTeX document with markup differences between two latex files. Table of Contents Linux (Ubuntu) users Mac OS X users Online latexdiff Multiple tex files for each version References Linux (Ubuntu) users latexdiff can be found in Ubuntu repository and detailed description of usage can be found here . In your terminal, issue the commands below to install latexdiff. sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install latexdiff # open your terminal, and cd to the tex files you need to compare # issue the following command latexdiff original_version.tex revised_version.texdiff.tex Run the diff.tex file like you run a normal tex file, you will see beautifully marked differences in the pdf file. Mac OS X users latexdiff is a Perl script and requires an installation of Perl 5.8 or higher. Mac OS X includes an installation of Perl and no additional setup is required. latexdiff can be found in any CTAN repository (If you are using MacTex on your mac, latexdiff is already installed in MacTex under /usr/texbin/latexdiff. No need to install it separately. To use latexdiff in commend line, see below) After you setting perl and latexdiff, just open your terminal, and cd to the path where you put you two versions of latex tex files, and then issue the command. (If the two tex files are located in different location, you can just give the relative path to that location for each version of tex file.) $ latexdiff original_version.tex revised_version.texdiff.tex will compare original_version.tex to revised_version.tex and create a new file diff.tex showing the differences. Run the diff.tex file like you run a normal tex file, you will see beautifully marked differences in the pdf file. Online latexdiff when you get the diff.tex on the online latexdiff, you can paste into a new tex file and then you can run it and you will see the pdf which shows the differences. https://3142.nl/latex-diff/ Multiple tex files for each version If each version of your text files contains multiple (sub) tex files or if you want to use latexdiff with Git, check the Reference lists for potential solutions. References LATEXDIFF: SUPERB DIFF TOOL FOR LATEX ( pdf ) — talks about solutions to multiple files, but this can only deal with sub-files on the same level, not nested cases. Two LaTeX gems: ShareLaTeX and latexdiff ( pdf ) Using Latexdiff For Marking Changes To Tex Documents ( pdf ) Multiple-file LaTeX diff ( pdf ) — this one is very good. – use python code to merge multiple tex files to one big tex file for each version and then use latexdiff to make comparision. Latexdiff with subfiles ( pdf ) — this one talks about solutions to multiple tex files. Using latexdiff with git ( pdf ) – Git Latexdiff — this is ing git together with latexdiff Git and latexdiff: compare versions of LaTeX documents ( pdf ) — this is also ing git together with latexdiff Author LipingY Posted on April 25, 2017 June 6, 2019 Categories LaTeX Tags latexdiff , Linux , Mac , Tex file comparison , Ubuntu Leave a comment on Use latexdiff to compare different versions of LaTeX tex files to visually mark differences Some commonly used tips for Mac This post provides some frequently used tips for Mac. Table of Contents Record a video on Mac (QuickTime) Insert and play a video file from your computer (mac) Open unidentified Open a group of pics in preview to scroll (use arrow keys) to view Save word doc 2 PDF (make link clickable) Screenshot shortcuts on Mac How (and why) to clear the caches on your Mac Record a video on Mac (QuickTime) Insert and play a video file from your computer (mac) From HERE . Open unidentified Open Program from Unidentified Developer (Mac) In the Finder, locate the app you want to open . (Don’t use Launchpad to do this. Launchpad doesn’t allow you to access the shortcut menu.) Press the Control key, then click the app icon. Choose Open from the shortcut menu. Click Open . Open a group of pics in preview to scroll (use arrow keys) to view Save word doc 2 PDF (make link clickable) From HERE Screenshot shortcuts on Mac How (and why) to clear the caches on your Mac Author LipingY Posted on May 23, 2019 May 24, 2019 Categories Mac tips Tags Mac , QuickTime , screen recording Leave a comment on Some commonly used tips for Mac Check if a journal is SCI, SCIE, SSCI, EI, ISI indexed Search for SCI journals ( full list of SCI journals here ) Search for SCIE journals ( full list of SCIE journals here ) Search for SSCI journals ( full list of SSCI journals here ) Search for ISI journals EI compendex website Author LipingY Posted on March 1, 2019 March 1, 2019 Categories Academic related Leave a comment on Check if a journal is SCI, SCIE, SSCI, EI, ISI indexed How to write a superscript in Google slides Table of Contents To make a superscript text in Google Slides for PC, To make a Superscript and Subscript text in Google Slides for Mac, Slight movement of object References PC shortcuts Mac shortcuts To make a superscript text in Google Slides for PC, First, select the text you want to superscript; Then, hold CTRL and press the period (.) key. Subscript Ctrl + , Superscript Ctrl + . To make a Superscript and Subscript text in Google Slides for Mac, Subscript ⌘ + , Superscript ⌘ + . Slight movement of object First, select the object to make slight movement. Then, use SHIFT + arrow key (i.e., Up, Down, Left, or Right) References Keyboard shortcuts for Google Slides PC shortcuts Common actions New slide Ctrl + m Duplicate slide Ctrl + d Undo Ctrl + z Redo Ctrl + y Ctrl + Shift + z Copy Ctrl + c Cut Ctrl + x Paste Ctrl + v Copy formatting of the selected text or shape Ctrl + Alt + c Paste formatting of the selected text or shape Ctrl + Alt + v Insert or edit link Ctrl + k Open link Alt + Enter Delete Delete Select all Ctrl + a Select none Ctrl + Shift + a Find Ctrl + f Find and replace Ctrl + h Find again Ctrl + g Find previous Ctrl + Shift + g Open… Ctrl + o Print Ctrl + p Save Every change is automatically saved in Drive Ctrl + s Show common keyboard shortcuts Ctrl + / Search the menus Alt + / Alt + z (Google Chrome) Hide or show menus (compact mode) Ctrl + Shift + f Turn on captions while presenting Ctrl + Shift + c Alt text Ctrl + Alt + y Film strip actions Move to previous slide Page Up Up arrow Move to next slide Page Down Down arrow Move focus to first slide Home Move focus to last slide End Move slide up Ctrl + Up arrow Move slide down Ctrl + Down arrow Move slide to beginning Ctrl + Shift + Up arrow Move slide to end Ctrl + Shift + Down arrow Select previous slide Shift + Up arrow Select next slide Shift + Down arrow Select first slide Shift + Home Select last slide Shift + End Navigation Zoom in Ctrl + Alt and + Zoom out Ctrl + Alt and – Move to filmstrip Ctrl + Alt + Shift + f Move to canvas Ctrl + Alt + Shift + c Open speaker notes panel Ctrl + Alt + Shift + s Change to HTML view...