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beyond compare - how to ignore punctuation marks

It's as simple as the title states. I have 2 docx files I need to compare, and I want to see all the differences BUT punctuation marks (commas, periods, etc.), as there are too many of them and I'm not going to take these anyway.

How can I do that?

Thanks

Solution
    1. Load the two docx files in Beyond Compare.
    2. Click the Rules toolbar button (referee icon).
    3. Go to the Importance tab.
    4. Under Unimportant Text, click +.
    5. Text to find: ,
    6. Click OK until you're back to the main window.

    Repeat for each additional punctuation type.

    If View > Ignore Unimportant Differences is on, unimportant differences will show as a match, if it is off they will show in blue.