Find Similar Document

Detecting plagiarism by comparing tons of documents and specialized academic studies is without a doubt a very time-consuming task.

Thankfully, it's easier to detect plagiarism thanks to the help of specialized software solutions. One such solution is Find Similar Document.

In short, Find Similar Document is a specialized application that can help you compare thousands of documents and their contents in order to find duplicated text entries.

Even though the app is powered by a heavy algorithm and can process large volumes of documents, it's a very non-intimidating app to work with.

The GUI is modern and inviting, even to beginners. Finding plagiarism or duplicated texts and documents requires you to undergo a straightforward 3-step wizard: Select Folders, Start Scan and Examine Similarity.

The whole process can take anywhere from a few minutes to a couple of hours depending on the volume of scanned documents. You can select any number of documents just as long as they have the following formats: HTM, HTML, TXT, DOC, DOCX, and RTF.

You are provided with the option to close Microsoft Word automatically when face with password-protected documents. You're also allowed to choose how many CPU cores you want to invest in the process of scanning the documents, up to a maximum of 4 threads in parallel.

Once the scanning process is completed, you can view the results (Step 3). There are two main sections to take into account: the messages box and the grid. The grid is the section where the similarities (if any) of your documents are displayed.

You are also provided with the option of searching for a particular document using the Filter option. To view a document, simply select it by checking its associated check box on the left.

A few last aspects that you should be aware of are as follows: the identified text (the duplicated one) appears without spacing (this is how the algorithm scans the texts) and the app can't analyze documents that contain only images.

There are various ways to detect plagiarism and a few good online services as well, but if you want to save a lot of time and make sure that your documents never leave your computer, then Find Similar Document is definitely a good solution.