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Find answers to common questions about redlining, merging, and organizing documents in Version Story.
In Claude, ChatGPT and Slack
Set Up the Claude Version Story Redlining Connector
Add Version Story as a connector to get our best-in-class comparisons directly in Claude.
Set Up the Version Story ChatGPT Redlining Plugin
Add the Version Story plugin from ChatGPT's plugin directory and connect your account. It takes about a minute, and there is nothing to configure.
Connect a Slack Agent
Connect the Slack agent your team already runs to Version Story, so asking for a redline in a channel returns a PDF and a Word file with tracked changes.
Compare Documents in Claude
Ask Claude to compare two versions of a document and get back a true redline from Version Story: every change marked up in a PDF or a Word file with tracked changes.
Compare Documents in ChatGPT
Ask ChatGPT to compare two versions of a document and get back a true redline from Version Story: every change marked up in a PDF or a Word file with tracked changes.
Merge Edits in ChatGPT
Several people edited their own copies of the same draft. Ask ChatGPT to merge them and get one Word document with each person's changes tracked under their name.
Trace Changes Across Drafts in ChatGPT
A negotiation leaves a series of drafts. Ask ChatGPT for a version history and get one document showing which draft, and which author, introduced each change.
Get a Word File with Tracked Changes
When you ask Claude or ChatGPT to compare two drafts you get a description in the chat. Here is how to get a Word document with tracked changes showing every difference.
Compare Privileged Documents in Claude or ChatGPT
What the assistant sees, what Version Story sees, and what is kept, when you ask Claude or ChatGPT for a redline of privileged documents.
In the Version Story app
Add Documents
Four ways to get documents onto the project canvas: drag and drop, the Add button, the plus button on a version, and straight from Outlook.
Compare Documents
Every way to create a redline: draw a line between two versions, drag one next to another, or select any two versions and click Compare.
Merge Documents
Merge two or more drafts that share the same previous version into one document, with each author’s changes shown in a different color.
Merge Conflicts
When two drafts change the same passage, Version Story flags the conflict and shows you both proposals side by side.
Show Merge Changes by Author in Word
A merged document opens in Word with every change in one color. Change one setting and each author’s changes get their own.
Allow Multiple Downloads
Browsers stop a site from downloading several files at once. Here is the setting to change in Chrome, Edge, Safari, and Firefox.
Common tasks
Compare a Word Document to a PDF
Compare a Word draft against a PDF, including a scanned PDF. Version Story reads both formats and produces one redline showing every change between them.
Find Changes Made Without Tracked Changes
A draft comes back with tracked changes turned off, or with only some of the edits tracked. Compare it against the version you sent to see every change that was made.
Remove Metadata Before Sending a Document
Download a copy of a Word, Excel, PowerPoint or PDF file without its authors, dates, network paths, hidden text and, when you choose, its comments and tracked changes.