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This article guides IT Administrators in configuring Draftable Legal to remove any unwanted Comparison Types and / or to change the default Comparison Type from ‘Redline in Draftable’ To learn more about Comparison Types and their use, please see this article.

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How to update the initial default Comparison Type

Administrators can use the InitialComparisonOutput registry key to set an initial Comparison Type default. 
Key: HKCU:\Software\Policies\Draftable\Feature
Value name: InitialComparisonOutput
Value type: REG_SZ
Value data: <see table below>
The default options are:
Comparison TypeValue for InitialComparisonOutput registry key
Redline in DraftableRedline
Redline in WordRedlineDocx
Tracked Changes in WordTrackChangesWord
Side by SideDraftable
Redline in ExcelExcelRedline
Native in MS OfficeNativeOffice
Departures TableDeparturesTable
Changes ReportChangesReport
Text Only CompareTextOnly
PowerPoint RedlinePowerPointRedline
AI-Ready RedlineAiReadyRedline
Once set, this will set the selected Comparison Type as the default choice in the New Comparison Window upon starting Draftable. If the user selects a different Comparison Type, this will be ‘sticky’ and remains selected until the user either changes it again or closes the application.

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Removing unwanted Comparison Types

Many organizations exclusively use either Tracked Changes or Redline in Word as their preferred word output. Likewise, organizations will often have a preference for either Redline in Excel, Side by Side or MS Office Native for Excel comparisons. With this in mind, organizations can configure Draftable Legal to only provide those Comparison Types and outputs needed by their users. This can be done via Group Policy or in the Windows Registry.

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Removing Comparison Type and Output options via Group Policy

Administrators can update the default value of the following Group Policy Options to remove Comparison Types from the New Comparison Window, Next Actions menu, and 1-Click Compare menu.
Comparison TypeGroup Policy Option
Redline in DraftableEnable Redline PDF Output
Excel RedlineEnable Excel Redline Output
Redline in WordEnable Redline DOCX Output
Tracked Changes in WordEnable Track Changes in Word Output
Side by SideEnable Side-By-Side Output Comparison
Changed Pages Only PDF exportEnable Changed Pages Output
Native in MS OfficeEnable Native Office Output
Departures TableEnable Departures Table Output
Changes ReportEnable Changes Report
Text Only CompareEnable Text Only Compare
PowerPoint RedlineEnable PowerPoint Redline Output
AI-Ready RedlineEnable AI-Ready Redline Output

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Removing Comparison Type options via the Windows Registry

The following registry values can be configured to exclude Comparison Types and outputs from the New Comparison Window, Next Actions menu, and 1-Click Compare menu. Each value is a REG_DWORD under the following registry path: 
Key: HKCU:\Software\Policies\Draftable\Feature
Value type: REG_DWORD
Value data: 1 (enabled / shown — default) or 0 (disabled / removed)
Comparison TypeRegistry Value Name (set to 0 to remove)
Redline in DraftableIsRedlineOutputEnabled
Excel RedlineIsExcelRedlineOutputEnabled
Redline in WordIsRedlineDocxOutputEnabled
Tracked Changes in WordIsTrackChangesWordOutputEnabled
Side by SideIsDraftableOutputEnabled
Changed Pages Only PDF exportIsChangedPagesOutputEnabled
Native in MS OfficeIsNativeOfficeOutputEnabled
Departures TableIsDeparturesTableOutputEnabled
Changes ReportIsChangesReportEnabled
Text Only CompareIsTextOnlyCompareOutputEnabled
PowerPoint RedlineIsPowerPointRedlineOutputEnabled
AI-Ready RedlineIsAiReadyRedlineOutputEnabled