Word already has this capability through their track changes feature. You can even use it to open two documents and see a third document showing what has changed.
How does Draftable improve on what Word has been offering for years?
How does Draftable improve on what Word has been offering for years?
1. People seem to find side-by-side diffs easier to read than the Track Changes compare functionality built into Word, because the old and new versions don’t get mashed together.
2. Usability. Draftable is easier to use than the inbuilt functionality. (You’d be surprised how many people don’t even realize that Word can compare documents.)
3. You get more control over Track Changes and the comparisons. For example, Word can't create a comparison that preserves the existing Track Changes. Another example: we have a button “Track Changes Since Open” which makes it as if you’d turned on Track Changes when the document was opened.
But you're right, it's really hard to use, and almost no one knows it exists.