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title: "Compare Options Add-ons"
url: "https://help.manageartworks.com/en/article/compare-options-add-ons"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2025-12-17T05:20:37.673Z"
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# Compare Options Add-ons

[Compare Options](https://help.manageartworks.com/en/article/compare-options) includes optional controls—called **Add-ons**—that allow users to refine how the system evaluates artwork differences. These add-ons modify or narrow down what is compared, giving users more precision based on their workflow needs.

| ### ![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/5b4a7650-0b61-4a6a-9deb-92940393cfb8) | **Note:** You can use **only one add-on at a time**. Both add-ons cannot be used together. |
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There are two available add-ons:

-   **Remove Some Layers Before Comparing**
-   **Choose Specific Pages to Compare**

## Remove Some Layers Before Comparing

This add-on allows users to exclude non-essential layers—such as **dielines, braille, measurements, or background layers**—before running the comparison. This is especially useful when changes in those layers introduce unnecessary noise in the comparison output.

| ![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/cb77f884-6b41-4231-aa70-1e832e70a9d6) | **Availability:** This add-on is available for all comparison combinations **except** when **Compare Mode = Multi Up**. |
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### How It Works

When this add-on is selected:

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/d70434c2-ef80-43df-81dc-26745f5ac975)

1.  Selecting **Compare** or **Manual Compare** opens the **Layer Panel**.
2.  The panel lists all layers detected in both the **Master** and **Sample** files.
3.  You can uncheck the layers you want to exclude from the comparison.
4.  After deselecting layers, select **Compare** from the toolbar near Single File Mode.  
      
    ![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/5edded95-6956-4af7-ba10-075115c13af4)  
     
5.  The system analyzes only the remaining visible layers and shows deviations in the [Deviation Panel](https://help.manageartworks.com/en/article/deviation-panel).

This add-on is helpful when you want to focus comparison results on critical artwork content and avoid changes caused by dielines, measurement or background layers.

## Choose Specific Pages to Compare

This add-on allows users to define **custom page mappings** between the Master and Sample files, enabling more control over which pages should be compared in multi-page documents.

| ![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/cb77f884-6b41-4231-aa70-1e832e70a9d6) | **Availability:** This add-on is enabled **only when all conditions below are met**:<br>-   Both Master and Sample files contain **more than one page**.<br>-   Only **Pixel Compare** is selected (the add-on is disabled if Text Compare is selected).<br>-   Neither file is in **.docx** format (the add-on is disabled if either file is a Word document). |
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### How It Works

When **Choose specific pages to compare** is selected:

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/81868f8c-9e79-4146-ad94-f3b9c769c41c)

1.  A new section titled **Custom Page Compare** appears.
2.  The **Compare or Manual Compare** button is replaced by **Proceed** and **Cancel** buttons.
3.  All pages from the **Master** file are listed. These remain fixed.
4.  For each Master page, you can select a corresponding **Sample** page using the dropdown.
5.  The number of rows equals the number of pages in the Master file.
6.  Check the **Select** column checkbox associated with the row you want to include in the comparison.
7.  Select **Proceed**.  
    **Note:** The **Proceed** button is enabled only when at least one row is selected.
8.  The system compares only the selected page pairs.
9.  Results are displayed in the [Deviation Panel](https://help.manageartworks.com/en/article/deviation-panel), just like a regular comparison.

This add-on is useful when the Master and Sample files have matching content but are arranged differently, or when only specific pages need to be validated.