Compare Documents Tool: Highlights similar text, pink clouds, yellow triangles etc.

Hey All,
I'm trying to use Acrobat 8 3D (in the Tech. Comm. Suite)to compare two PDFs and the results are rather confusing. If anyone has any insight into this tool or can point me to any useful documentation, I would appreciate it.
The documents I am attempting to compare were created outside the Adobe product suite (in XMetaL Author I think) by another author. To begin the comparison, I open up the first document, select Advanced>Compare Documents, then select the second document in the resulting dialog. I then select "Textual differences" and "Side by Side Report" for the options.
Here are my problems with and questions about the results:
I can't find any documentation as to what the different colored comparison marks mean. Blue lines, green lines, etc.
The comparison marks don't seem to be identifying actual text changes. There are red strike-outs and blue and green underlines beneath text in one document that appears identical to the text in the other document.
What do the yellow triangles signify?
What's with the pink clouds surrounding half my document? I don't understand what it is intending to indicate.
Thanks!

Hey Scott,
This forum only covers 3D specific issues. You will get excellent answers much quicker on the Acrobat User-to-User forum

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