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<p class="p_Normal">Beyond Compare handles a wide variety of comparison tasks.  It has specialized views for different kinds of files and different approaches to reconciling differences.</p>
<p class="p_Normal">Each comparison task is called a <span class="f_Definition">Session</span>.  Sessions can be individualized, named and reused.  Many of Beyond Compare's settings are managed and stored by session rather than as program-wide options, to give you greater flexibility.  You can save different sessions with quite different settings, to accommodate differing tasks.</p>
<p class="p_Normal">A <span class="f_Definition">Child Session</span> is a file session that originated from a folder session.</p>
<p class="p_Normal">Sessions can be opened in separate windows, or as multiple tabs on a single window.  We refer to open sessions as <span class="f_Definition">Views</span>.  You can have multiple windows open, each with multiple tabs.  You can drag a tab from one window to another, or right-click on a tab and pick <span class="f_Command">Move Tab to New Window</span> to move that tab onto its own window.  (See <a href="optionstab.html" class="topiclink">Tab Options</a>.)</p>
<p class="p_Normal">You can save currently open sessions as a <span class="f_Definition">Workspace</span>, and load them again later with the same configuration of windows and tabs.  (See <a href="dlgworkspacemanager.html" class="topiclink">Managing Workspaces</a>.)</p>
<p class="p_Normal">The session settings that control how comparisons are performed are called <span class="f_Definition">Rules</span>.  Rules help you concentrate on important differences.  Beyond Compare also maintains a list of <span class="f_Definition">File Formats</span> to specify how various types of files are to be handled.  You can modify the built-in file formats or create your own.</p>
<p class="p_Normal">Credentials and other settings for remote services (FTP, WebDAV, Dropbox and others) are stored as named <span class="f_Definition">Profiles</span>.  (See <a href="dlgprofilemanager.html" class="topiclink">Profile Management</a>.)</p>
<p class="p_Normal">This part of the documentation provides an overview of the various types of sessions and program concepts mentioned above.</p>
<p class="p_SingleSpaced"><span class="f_SeeAlso">See also</span></p>
<p class="p_SingleSpaced"><a href="glossary.html" class="topiclink">Glossary</a></p>

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