How to create a side by side merging of two texts?

[ronbarak]

I have two texts which are the same only in two languages.
I'd like to create a document that will show the texts side by side.
Is there a way to do that in Office or in another environment

Currently, the texts are in PDF format, but I could convert them to any format that will enable me to do the side-by-side merging of the documents.

The text length is ~300 pages.

Thanks,
BR.

 

[Imperfect1]

The only way I can think of is the manual way --- and frankly, for a 300 page document, this could be an editing nightmare --- but it is doable. You can create a document with 2 columns. Put all of the 1st language text in one column and all of the 2nd language text in the other column.

 

[HammerHead]

Office 2010

Word will let you open more than one doc at a time. You could size the windows to get them side by side. That is probably not exactly what you want.

You need a programmers editor. I would do a search on the web. I had one a long time ago. It would let you open documents the way you are talking about. I have forgotten the name of the software.

Take a look at some of these

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-programming-editor.htm

 

[clunkfish]

I would create a Word document and insert a table with one row and two columns. Paste the text from document 1 into the first cell of the table, and paste the text from document 2 into the other cell. The row will expand to accommodate all of the text - all 300 pages of it - and you should have the two lots of text side-by-side.

 

[ronbarak]

Thanks clunkfish.

 

[Irene]

I would create a Word document and insert a table with one row and two columns. Paste the text from document 1 into the first cell of the table, and paste the text from document 2 into the other cell. The row will expand to accommodate all of the text - all 300 pages of it - and you should have the two lots of text side-by-side.

Excellent method, clunkfish.